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Boosting African youth employment through digital jobs
The announcement by the Rockefeller Foundation of an initiative to create jobs in Africa focusing on the digital field has been lauded as an important strategy by Jack Leslie, chairperson of Weber Shandiwick, a
This woman means business: Patience Kahangirwe, Ugandan events planner
Patience Kahangirwe, 29, is the founder of Karwes Deco. The Kampala-based events planning company specializes in flowers, décor, bridal gowns and cakes. Party packages range in price between 100,000 andRNW Africa on Facebook
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Article: From child soldier to freedom fighter, part 1
Once a child soldier for Joseph Kony, now an unwavering human rights activist, Helen Kwac believes she’s the target of the Ugandan government’s goons.
Article: Post-Ntaganda, DRC finds itself still in the same old mess
Is the arrest of long-wanted warlord General Bosco Ntaganda a beacon of hope for the Democratic Republic of Congo? Our blogger in Rwanda thinks not. By Sunny Ntayombya, Kigali
Article: Nelson Mandela updates his Facebook status
One week ago, Nelson Mandela was discharged from hospital after treatment for what the South African presidency report was pneumonia. Since December last year, the former president has been in and out of hospital for lung troubles.
Video: UGANDAN MINISTER TO BAN MINISKIRTS
Ugandan Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo wants to ban miniskirts. He says: "Exposing certain parts of the anatomy of a person, I call it..."
Article: Keeping up with the Joneses, Naija style
Status is everything in Nigeria. That’s how many youth see it, anyway.
Article: The child soldiers of Central African Republic's rebels
At 13 years old, Youssouf embodies all the ills that have plagued the Central African Republic in recent years. On 24 March, he helped capture Bangui, the capital, as he fought in the ranks of the Séléka rebel coalition.
Article: Made in America: The Nigerian way
A common idea in Nigeria is that anything American is better. According to our blogger, if you don’t have the hottest US artist or TV personality on hand, your event must not be important: that’s how Nigerians see it.
Article: Life 19 years after Rwanda's genocide
Bernard Kayumba, the mayor of Karongi district in western Rwanda, remembers just what it was like to be caught up in the genocide that claimed the lives of almost one million people in 100 days.
Article: Young DRC refugees want work, not charity
At Mugunga 3 refugee camp in North Kivu, eastern DRC, displaced youth don’t want to be mere beneficiaries of the humanitarian efforts.
Video: HOW TO ROB AFRICA
This week Ikenna asks: why has Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir gone all soft? He also shows us ‘How to Rob Africa’, courtesy the same-named documentary by Zimbabwean journo Stanley Kwenda.
