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Empowering Forgotten Voices in Southern Africa

Helping orphans in Africa's poorest nations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqKOvZkZEzM

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Stop 8 of 25: Their cries haunt me & make me cry

Yesterday, I promised to share a personal story about some children that I think about nearly every day. On my VERY first trip to... more

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Meet Neatness, Age 14

Powerful story of hope despite such unbelievable struggle. Please pass this on.

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Day 1: The Trip to Zimbabwe Begins -- Itinerary & Cast

Friends - Another trip is upon us. Here's the quick rundown on the plan and the cast for the latest adventure. We hope you... more

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Day 1c: Purpose of our Zimbabwe trip

The purpose of the trip is 3 fold: 1) Show Steve the history of Forgotten Voices and dream about new ways ahead in Zimbabwe for... more

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Hippo brings joy to town

For the second time in less than a week residents of Kasagam in Kisumu woke up to free hippo meat after another rogue animal was... more

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Warming Melts Away Kilimanjaro's Snows

The snows of Mount Kilimanjaro will be gone within two decades, according to scientists who say that the rapid melting of its... more

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'ER' star runs marathon for cause

Whether you hail from the era of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," "Top Gun," or "ER" you might... more

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Usain Bolt in Nairobi to adopt a Cheetah

World and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt could meet his match in Kenya Monday when he encounters a cheetah for the first time.... more

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Rogue police caught in the act - Kenya

Kenya Police are famous for their tax raising powers, for years driving in the corrupt African state was liable to cost you more... more

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Somalis get first-ever debit card

A money-transfer company has made a piece of banking history in Somalia - introducing the first-ever debit card in the breakaway... more

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Kenya to conduct census of gays

The confidential survey will be carried out by the National AIDS/STD Control Programme (NASCOP), starting in January or February... more

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Traditional leaders plan ritual animal slaughter at World Cup

South African traditional leaders plan to perform ritual animal slaughters to bless stadiums for the 2010 World Cup tournament... more

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Africa is treated as a ‘Priority Market’ as investment floods in

Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe has confirmed that telecoms investment in Nigeria in the last eight years has exceeded USD18 billion, and they are not alone as the entire continent is seen as a priority market by the worlds investors. This came to light at the Recent NGT Africa summit lead by Ahmad Farrouk, CEO, MTN Nigeria who addressed the fifty strong Telecom leaders on the Growth potential of Africa’s communication industry, sharing his ideas on the importance of deploying networks in rural communities in order to connect harder to reach subscribers and increase market growth.

Other visionaries that took part in the elite debate included Sameer Dave, CTO & Chief Executive, MTN SA, Mohammed Sheik, Group Strategy Director, Zain, Mickael Ghossein, CEO, Telkom Kenya and Steve Bailey, CEO, Virgin Mobile SA who came together to unite the industry to capitalize on investor confidence. Innovation was clearly the buzz word during the discussions. Having one of the largest a growth markets in the world is clearly not enough for the developing continent, they want to build a sustainable network, a point clearly made by the Commonwealth Business Council and GSMA at the NGT summit. Such discussion on innovative technologies were lead by giants Microsoft, ITS and HDS who all see Africa as the ‘land of opportunity’ and played a pivotal role in educating the Executives present.

“African Telecom leaders have united this week at the NGT and are really embracing new technologies. Such pioneering development in ICT clearly sends out the right message to Global investors, as the continents ongoing socio-economic development continues to improve”. William Francis Austin – NGT Summit Director
But what is the next step for Africa, is the continent now stable enough to capitalize on its growth potential as Europe and the US become saturated and stagnant? Could an enhanced ICT infrastructure allow Africa to compete with Asia or South America? Only time will tell, such discussions are set to continue throughout the year until they rejoin at the next NGT hosted in Cape Town in June 2010.Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe has confirmed that telecoms investment in Nigeria... more