Ndesanjo Macha · September, 2007

Latest posts by Ndesanjo Macha from September, 2007

South Africa: Blogging the Digital Citizen Indaba

  10 September 2007

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?”

Gambia: Islamic revival among Diaspora Gambians

  4 September 2007

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.”

Nigeria: Investing in mobile Internet access

  4 September 2007

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

  4 September 2007

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

  4 September 2007

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

  4 September 2007

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

  4 September 2007

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

  1 September 2007

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!

  1 September 2007

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...