Africa Reboots

I spent March with a delegation of activists, entrepreneurs and policy wonks roaming western, southern and eastern Africa trying very hard to listen — always hard for a big-mouthed Irishman. With duct tape over my gob, I was able to pick up some interesting melody lines everywhere from palace to pavement ...

Despite the almost deafening roar of excitement about Africa’s hosting of soccer’s World Cup this summer, we managed to hear a ... Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Google News (Africa), AllTop, New York Times (Most Emailed), Shakthi Sivanathan (t), Jon Mitchell (t), Steven K Samra (f), Gian Antelles (f), Fabrice Florin (f), Jason Samfield (f)
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Apr 17, 2010 - 2:20 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Nicholas Herrera (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Apr 18, 2010 - 3:18 PM PDT

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by Nicholas Herrera - Apr. 19, 2010

Africa is hosting the World Cup. This hosting of the world cup has brought a change in the civil society in some parts in Africa. Entrepenures are emering and jobs are being filed and new construction is being conducted. IT seems that the world Cup has awoken Africa. The World Cup is a major Soccer Event (the Superbowl of Soccer) and Africa intends on Capitalizing of it. The World Cup will bring numerous Jobs and Facilities to host the tourist, which is helping the African Economy. This is causing a flooding of community leaders and individuals bringing a postiive outlook on their current situations. In this Article they mention a few uprising characters whom are doing something to help other in their community become ... More »

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