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Google’s O3b Networks -vs- EASSy. Fight! Part 1
Friday, 19 Sep, 2008 – 15:20 | 11 Comments
Google’s O3b Networks -vs- EASSy. Fight! Part 1

If you’ve been keeping pace in the Afri-tech space lately, you have probably heard about two of the biggest projects battling for the Broadband Title by being the first to bring ubiquitous broadband access to …

Caution on the Zimbabwe Unity Deal, “as Mugabe wins again”
Monday, 15 Sep, 2008 – 17:03 | No Comment
Caution on the Zimbabwe Unity Deal, “as Mugabe wins again”

Now that the ink is almost dry on the dotted lines where the three leaders of the main political parties in Zimbabwe just signed their names supposedly on behalf of those they represent, it is …

Yet another sad day in African Politics
Sunday, 22 Jun, 2008 – 12:48 | No Comment
Yet another sad day in African Politics

This, is what drives us. This, is what motivates us. This, is why we stay up at night. This is another sad day in the history of African politics.
And yet the world stands by… doing …

Mugabe holding Zimbabwe at Ransom
Tuesday, 8 Apr, 2008 – 21:26 | No Comment
Mugabe holding Zimbabwe at Ransom

For voters in the recently held presidential and general elections in Zimbabwe, the choices were very limited and the issues so clear.
“You want to be hungry, unemployed, uneducated, and immobile, without dignity and sewer …

Chickens and ‘Toilet Paper’
Saturday, 22 Mar, 2008 – 18:19 | One Comment
Chickens and ‘Toilet Paper’

The BBC Africa web site has posted this week’s image gallery. Featured are a couple of photos I found at once humorous and gut-wrenchingly sad. Humorous because the subject matter clearly illustrated our previous frustrations …

Zimbabwe: Choke the chicken, then cut it’s head off!
Friday, 7 Mar, 2008 – 14:41 | 2 Comments
Zimbabwe: Choke the chicken, then cut it’s head off!

When one is hungry and desires a chicken to eat, it’s logical that one would kill said chicken and eat it. But say one were hungry and possessed half a brain. One would realize that …

“political witches and political prostitutes” wipe their arses too
Friday, 29 Feb, 2008 – 14:47 | 3 Comments
“political witches and political prostitutes” wipe their arses too

The seemingly indestructible Robert Mugabe is at it again. This time taking the podium to denounce his rivals as, “political witches and political prostitutes“, among other choice names he dished out to his rivals in …

Zimbabwe Breaking Records for All the Wrong Reasons
Saturday, 2 Feb, 2008 – 23:21 | 2 Comments
Zimbabwe Breaking Records for All the Wrong Reasons

From a highly educated nation in Africa to a teacher-less schooling system. From number three tobacco producer in the world to a no number producer of anything; not even wild grass. From a well established …

Say Zhing Zhong and Go To Jail
Monday, 28 Jan, 2008 – 23:22 | No Comment
Say Zhing Zhong and Go To Jail

It is unprecedented. Only in Zimbabwe does one get arrested for laughing at the poor quality of Chinese goods. You can get away with an inward laughter in public or laughing behind closed doors in …