Latest posts by Ndesanjo Macha from September, 2007
South Africa: Blogging the Digital Citizen Indaba
Simone Purteman writes about the Digital Citizen Indaba taking place in South Africa: “For an event which focused largely on blogging, a search using various blog aggregators and Google hasn’t turned up all that much yet from bloggers on yesterday’s Digital Citizen Indaba session. Perhaps too much Rat & Parroting?”
South Africa: Blogging reaches tipping point
Arthur posts statistics for the South African blogosphere: “Incidentally, a quick nod to Vincent Maher for the best guesstimate around on the size of the South African blogosphere. He recently put it at about 20 000 blogs.”
Zambia: A Zambian becomes a Grand Master in chess
Kenya Chess Blog on the amazing journey of the “Zambezi Shark”: “Amon simutowe has become the first man from sub-saharn Africa to achive GM status. The zambezi shark achived this noble feat at the Euwe Stimulans.:
South Africa: Controversies in South African cricket
South African Cricket Scene writes: “Jacques Kallis has refused to reconsider being the South African vice-captain, however he has committed himself to South African cricket in the future.”
Gambia: Islamic revival among Diaspora Gambians
Ginny's reaction to an article about Islamic revival among Diaspora Gambians: “And the insinuation was somehow made that Gambians were not religious before, and now, all of a sudden, they are starting to be. And of course, the words “terrorism” and “jihaidst” were thrown in for good measure.”
Tanzania: Musician to play as himself in Bongoland II
Latest information for the blog covering the making of the film, Bongoland II: “One of the upcoming young musician from Tanzania popularly known as Bushoke will play as himself in the upcoming movie Bongoland II.”
D.R of Congo: Knowing the password will keep you alive
According to Stood in the Congo, the situation is getting worse in the D.R of Congo: “Yes, I am sorry Mother, but that does mean that I am now back in Rumangabo. Where each man must know the secret password if he wants to wake up the next morning. Just...
Nigeria: Investing in mobile Internet access
Yomi writes about investing in mobile Internet access in Nigeria: “I can tell you from years of experience that investing in mobile internet access here in Nigeria can be a very expensive adventure. The infrastructure is so fragile that their are issues almost in whatever direction one turns.”
Nigeria: Investing in mobile Internet access
Yomi writes about investing in mobile Internet access in Nigeria: “I can tell you from years of experience that investing in mobile internet access here in Nigeria can be a very expensive adventure. The infrastructure is so fragile that their are issues almost in whatever direction one turns.”
Kenya: Blogging the Kenyan Parliament
An eye of the Kenyan Parliament: “During the week, election fever continued to paralyze Parliament sessions with questions being dropped for lack of MPs to float them and ministers to respond. For instance on Wednesday August 29, 2007, during the morning session, no question listed in the Order Paper was...
Zimbabwe: Dusty empty shelves
Dennis wanted to buy only a few bottles of water: “However following the recent price controls basic commodities have disappeared from supermarkets leaving the staff with nothing to do except dust and clean the shelves.”
South Africa: Bigotry of women's groups
J.S reacts to the statement by the spokesperson for the Commission on Gender Equity in South Africa about men being out of control: “The thing that got me was this blatant attack on men in general. I am sick of these bigoted men-hating women’s groups that feel that every single...
Zimbabwe: China withdraws support for Mugabe
China withdraws support for Mugabe: “At the very least, they can smell change in the air. Zimbabwe's no longer bankable, no longer a country in which to make long-term investments in industries or in people.”
Tanzania: Tea that cures everything!
When the people behind the movie, The Listening Project, visited “where we were all created” and drank tea that cures everything!: “One day we went to a Masai Traditional Doctor. Got a tea that cures everything. It really does. Allan has never once had Malaria… drinks that tea daily and...
Kenya: WikiLeaks publishes report on corruption in Kenya
Mental Acrobatics breaks the news: “Earlier today part of the Kroll report on corruption in Kenya was leaked to the whistler blowers’ site WikiLeaks.”
Zambia: Fighting early pregnancies in Zambia
The work of Tufune WORTH Group in Zambia: “The inspiring women of the Tufune WORTH group have begun to use their collective power to fight promiscuous behavior and early pregnancies among young girls.”
South Africa: I should not be alive: a multimedia story
“I should not be alive,” is a multimedia story from South Africa: “The story is about a South African who joined the SAS as a medic and was sent to serve in the front lines in Iraq. That’s about the extent of my spoiler so watch the video in the...