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ReVision by Editor August 27, 2012

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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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…

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…

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Olympic History: Abebe Bikila

Abebe Bikila the first Sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal at the Olympics in 1960 completing the marathon in 2:15:16.2. He went on to win the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as well. It was Rome 1960; the venue of the Olympics and Italy…

Uncategorized by Editor July 29, 2012

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What Wealth Building Means for Africans

Wealth building in African society has not always been a popular subject particularly for present Africans. Where I come from some fathers assume that if they give their children their inheritance early their children may kill them. This creates a hostile environment…

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An introduction to American policy toward Africa

In the past American foreign policy largely ignored Africa as a place to be contained and more of a liability. Western powers in general were more focused on the Cold War and containing Soviet Union this of course is the official story.…

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The Decade of the Woman

The African Union which declared the decade 2010-2020 the decade of the woman produced a publication in October 2010 "Walking the Talk" and Gender Equality. Now that we have for the first time a Woman as Chair at the African Union there…

Theories Video by Editor July 19, 2012

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Back to Africa :Reversal of Brain Drain

In the late 90s and early 2000s there was a general line in certain local circles where they would yell to foreigners, " Go back to your country". It seems in 2012 Africans are doing just that as the streams of opportunities…