Global Black History

Uncategorized by Editor September 13, 2012

Why are the Portuguese Returning to Mozambique?

A recent article on CNN.com highlighted the fact that the Portuguese are returning to Mozambique and Angola because of the worsening economic crisis in Europe. I know most African countries preached reconciliation and forgiveness after Independence from their colonial powers but I…

Business by Editor September 10, 2012

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Young African Entrepreneurs to Watch

Forbes recently featured 3 young African Entrepreneurs that are certainly destined to become Africa’s business titans. The young entrepreneurs won the Anzisha Prize hosted by the African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation. Andrew Mupuya, 20 of Uganda is the Founder of YELI In…

Uncategorized by Editor September 5, 2012

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Origins of the Ndebele in Zimbabwe

The Ndebele are descendants of the Khumalo people who lived under the rule of Shaka in present day South Africa. They got their name 'Ndebele' during their association with the Sotho people in the Transvaal region. The name 'Ndebele' meant strangers from…

ReVision by Editor August 27, 2012

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Free Online University for Anyone Anywhere

University of the People (UoPeople) http://www.uopeople.org/ is the world's first tuition-free online university dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. The University embraces the worldwide presence of the Internet and dropping technology costs to bring tuition-free undergraduate degree programs to…

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Zuma : Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Jacob Zuma ousted Mbeki to assume his party’s leadership position at a time when the world was beginning to see the cracks in the party once known as the Peoples party. African National Congress (ANC) is the very party that struggled and…

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Ida Odinga: Fighting for Women’s Uhuru

Uhuru is a Kenyan/Swahili word that means freedom. Facts about Ida • Wife of Kenyan PM • Worked as a teacher for 20 years • First woman Managing Director equivalent to CEO of a major corporation; East Africa Spectre in 2003 • Mentored many successful women influencing…

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Malema using Marikana Massacre to spread influence

In the law of unintended consequences Zuma’s missteps continues to strengthen Malema, Malema rises to the occasion to fine tune his message to the South African disenfranchised. The Police force opened fire on striking miners at Lonmin mine in Marikana, something reminiscent…

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Afrotechnopreneur Marieme Jamme Building Africa’s IT Landscape

Senegalese Marieme Jamme vision is in IT investment across African continent CEO of Spot One Global Solutions, assists foreign companies in entering African markets Mariéme worked as an asset manager at Citibank, JP Morgan and Lloyds TSB and in various software companies…

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Odetta Ntezicimpa: Empowering Migrants in New Zealand

Odetta Ntezicimpa came to New Zealand in 1999 as a refugee from Burundi. At that time the country was far from being the melting pot as it is becoming. The first barrier that she encountered was a language barrier as she spoke…

Gamechangers Theories Video by Editor August 5, 2012

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African Technopreneur: Jason Njoku taking Nollywood Online

Piracy was always a problems for Nollywood filmmakers. There were many 'hustlers' in the diaspora who made their living off pirating movie and keeping all the profits. The business problem that most filmmakers had was distribution and since their core competency is…