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OPINIONS

This map on a page from the Facebook social network site displays friendships as lights on a deep blue background. The eastern half of the United States and Europe shine the brightest, while China, Russia and central Africa, where Facebook has little presence, are mainly dark. But data shows Facebook user growth rate is increasing in Africa. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

What Facebook’s IPO could mea..

. With the IPO, Mr Zuckerberg will be under immense pressure to turn facebook into a cash-generating powerhouse. As he has stated publicly before “the thing I really care about
Apartheid mastermind Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd , getting of a horse-drawn carriage. Verwoerd was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966.

Did apartheid make South Africa the..

Most people both sane and insane would probably say NO. I suspect their answer would perhaps be more influenced by the morality of apartheid rather
Mandela receives congressional gold medal

US Presidential candidates’ v..

US presidential candidates are not necessarily expected to know an awful lot about Africa, at least not be their own electorate. However, as we pointed
OccupyNigeria-R

#OccupyNigeria: The Story so far; E..

It all started on January 1, 2011 when the announcement of #Fuel Subsidy Removal by the federal government sent everyone into a crazy frenzy, people
Nicholas Ibekwe Fuel Subsidy Nigeria

INTERVIEW: Nicholas Ibekwe an organ..

On the 1st of January 2012, the Nigerian government removed fuel subsidy that had kept petroleum prices in Nigeria low. The removal led to petrol prices
facebook-africa

1% own social media companies while..

Facebook use is growing at a faster rate in Africa than on any other continent. Infact according ICTWorks it is doubling every 7 months! That
South African President Jacob Zuma presents former President Nelson Mandela with a gift - an architect's rendering of the Nelson Mandela Legacy Bridge. Photo: Reuters

ANC celebrates 100th year aniversar..

The African National Congress (ANC) party  was born in a township church in 1912 and turns 100 years old on 8 January 2012 . That
StarAfrica

From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy N..

A few months ago and at the height of America’s Occupy Wall Street demonstrations we featured an African equivalent based in Kenya called Ocuppy Nairobi
Protests Over Fuel Subsidy Removal - Lagos, Nigeria. Photo PunchNg

Fuel subsidy removal: Contrasting r..

Fuel subsidy removal by Nigeria, the reaction to and heated debates about the removal have been the rage in Nigeria in the past few days.
A woman walks past some of the hundreds of dead fish believed to have been killed as a result of the recent oil spill off the coast of Nigeria. Photo - George Esiri / EPA

Spreading the word about AfricaR..

The latest spill happened over the Christmas holidays. It is still ongoing. We wrote about it here and alerted readers to a petition created to help
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World’s E-waste finds home in..

The Scientific American  and informative and well research article on the dumpings grounds of the world’s Electronic Waste has. In the video below the publication shows how M.I.T.
Ojukwu

Should calls for the break up of Ni..

The death of Biafra leader and stalwart Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu in November 2011 seems to have galvanised some Nigerians into re-considering splitting the country into more
nigeria christmas day blasts

Nigerians angry at latest church bo..

Christmas Day in Nigeria saw the carnage that has often been brought to the streets of Nigeria by the Islamist group Boko Haram rachet up
rihanna n word

Rihanna’s N word saga

A Dutch magazine, Jackie,  has caused some controversy by leading with the headline “Niggerbitch” in an article about the Barbados born American music star Rihanna. As
space Africa

Satellite launched to provide Afric..

Spacecom, is a company that recently launched a satellite into space. That in itself is not that unusual or noteworthy these days. What is noteworthy
christianity Africa graph

Apparently Africa is infatuated wit..

Africa now has more than 500 million Christians making up 24% of the world’s Christian. According to the Pew Research, Nigeria comes top in Africa with an
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