"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."
Lionel Zinsou was supposed to stroll to victory in Benin’s elections as the handpicked successor of President Thomas Boni Yayi– even though the respected economist had spent most of his working life in Paris. But Benin’s voters had other ideas.
Cotonou – Africa is eating more rice than other food staples, though it produces less than it needs. This is good news for the cereal’s potential to help Sub Saharan Africa out of poverty according to researchers.
On the dual carriageway linking the main airport to downtown Niamey, the capital of Niger, workers are busy digging trenches in the middle of the island separating the lanes, and laying tracks where rows of lampposts once stood.
Making common people as well as scientists understand the need for gender mainstreaming in agricultural research is of crucial importance, according to Rita Agboh-Noameshie, the Gender Task Force Coordinator at AfricaRice Centre. “I have seen many locations in the field where technologies developed without the participation of women were simply packed-up”, she noted.
African music legend and UNICEF ambassador, Angélique Kidjo is in London to discuss her new book: Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music. The book details the life and career journeys of the Benin-born musician.
Benin – The UN has launched a new knowledge-sharing platform aimed specifically at private companies in low-income countries to help foster the spread of technology, assets and financing.
Native of Cape Town, Sean Jacobs lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches in Manhattan. He obsesses about the relationship between politics and popular culture, but the main rationale for his blog is to comment on what passes for media coverage of the African continent.
Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian social justice activist living in Spain, with a background in technology, gender issues and human rights. She is interested in creating a community of grassroots African bloggers as a way for Africans to exchange ideas, share experiences and tell their own stories in our own words.
Rosebelle Kagumire is an experienced Ugandan Journalist. She won the best Journalist blogger English category at the Panos hosted competition in 2009. Currently she is a student of MA. Media, Conflict and Peace studies at University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica.
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