• Politics

    Posted on July 7th, 2009

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    Ghana Prepares for Obama Visit

    Ghana Prepares for Obama Visit

    U.S. President Barack Obama makes his first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa as president this week. He is going to Ghana after stops in Russia and Italy and the country is making preparations for the historic visit.
    Ghana is getting ready for President Barack Obama’s visit with a fresh coat of white paint on the curbs along [...]

  • Politics

    Posted on November 7th, 2008

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    Sarah Palin thinks Africa is a country

    Sarah Palin thinks Africa is a country

    Suddenly free from an agreed-upon gag order, Newsweek has unleashed a ton of information about former GOP vice presidential pick Sarah Palin now that the campaign is over, including her alleged inability to understand that Africa is a continent, not a country.
    “We’re told by folks that she didn’t know what countries were in NAFTA, [...]

  • Business, Technology

    Posted on September 22nd, 2008

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    Technology helps the blind in Africa

    Technology helps the blind in Africa

    This is just cool. A company called Computer Aid is refurbishing old PC’s and sending them to Africa, with special software that provides assistance for users with vision deficiencies.
    This includes special “dongles” that can be plugged into almost any Windows based PC to enable voice prompts that assist with what’s on the screen.
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  • Entertainment

    Posted on July 27th, 2008

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    African Scrabble players to make a bid for championship

    The Francophone World Scrabble Championship is a serious matter to the master Scrabble players in Africa. They have far fewer tools and technology to help them sharpen their skills than the French, but that doesn’t stop them from competing at the highest ranks time and time again.
    amNY has an excellent article detailing their travels and [...]