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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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Video: Ivorian reggae star Alpha Blondy sings for reconciliation
Alpha Blondy doesn’t shy away from politics in his reggae songs. The legendary Ivorian musician has been especially vocal about the need for reconciliation after the conflict in his native country.
Video: MY FAIR NAIJABOY
WUA remakes a classic film: 'My Fair Naijaboy' starring special guest Naija Runs Girl. Watch as she uses compassion, and a whip, to transform naive Emeka Doolittle (played movingly by Ikenna Azuike) into a real Nigerian man.
Article: Bosco Ntaganda: A monkey off Rwanda's back
What might General Bosco Ntaganda's turning himself into the US Embassy in Kigali mean for Rwanda? Here's what our local blogger had to say. By Sunny Ntayombya, Kigali
Video: Living a bit of Luanda in Lisbon
In this ninth clip from the Surprising Europe video series, we meet Puta Cossa, an Angolan musician and TV host who moved to Lisbon as a child.
Article: Kinshasa and Kigali: two governments, one interest?
Click below to hear Congolese cartoonist Thembo Kash's thoughts on how DR Congo and Rwanda seem to share a common interest.
Article: Uganda's child gold-seekers
When it comes to gold deposits, eastern Uganda’s Busia district may be rich, but the precious metal is being mined by those who are anything but.
Article: The missing children of Mali’s war
Fourteen-year-old Salif has been missing since August. His mother, Amina Diallo, thinks Islamists kidnapped him on his way to the market in their hometown of Gao and recruited him as a child soldier. By Issa Sikiti da Silva, Bamako
Article: Museveni's minister for homosexual affairs: ready for hire
Our blogger has finally found the job he would like to do in Uganda. It begins with a cover letter to President Museveni. By SebaSpace Dear Mr. President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni:
Article: Mugabe’s multi-million rand sanctuary almost complete
President Robert Mugabe’s plush R200 million (16.6 million euro) mansion is nearly complete and ready for occupation, reports from South Africa suggest. By Nomalanga Moyo, as published by our partner SW Radio Africa
Article: Victims of Kony’s LRA try to rebuild their lives in South Sudan
Families in South Sudan are trying to pick up the pieces of their lives now that attacks by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have been declining.
