The Ghanaian government recently hiked the tariffs in a bid to attract foreign or private investors into the energy sector in the country. The rates went up by 59.2% making electricity a more expensive commodity than rent. It costs approximately $1131.19 to rent a one bedroom apartment in the city center, Accra. With those…
Officially labeled as a monarchy, Swaziland is a small land-locked country located in Southern Africa. Surrounded by Mozambique to the northeast and South Africa along the remaining borders, Swaziland is one of the smallest countries in Africa, only measuring 120 miles from North to South and 81 miles from East to West. While the…
Kenya is a developing country with grand ambitions. With ‘Vision 2030’ Kenya aims to improve quality of life by tackling three “pillars” – economic, social, and political. Central to all of these themes is investment in infrastructure. It is here were progress has been hindered by non-technical electrical losses. This is because electricity is the…
Photo Credit: controlarms via Compfight cc To fully understand the depth of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s current struggles, one has to become familiar with their long history of war and conflict.The first reported Congo War started in 1996, fueled by the neighboring genocide in Rwanda between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups. With more…
Zimbabwe has seen hard times before, so observers might be wondering why this bout of financial insecurity is causing the country to take such drastic measures, including the printing of their own version of the U.S. Dollar. As Zimbabwe faces a cash shortage, one of the options on the table is to help…
The Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC, has had a long history of political turmoil. Since the inception of the territory, the Congo has been occupied by several countries including Great Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Belgium. It wasn’t until 1960 that there seemed to be a light at the end of the…
The Word on Donald Trump One thing is clear, Donald Trump is a love/hate candidate for the Presidential seat of the United States of America, and while many Americans are attempting to come to terms with this potential leader, many of the world’s leaders are just as worried as anyone might be. From areas…
From activist to business woman to lawyer and blogger, Ory Okolloh continues to impact the day to day lives of thousands of her fellow Kenyans. Born in Kenya, Ory had a fairly rough childhood, growing up in a reasonably poor family supporting her through a private primary school they could barely afford. While they believed in…
In1958 a group of Eritreans formed the Eritrean Liberation Movement (ELM) to cultivate resistance to the centralizing of policies of the imperial Ethiopian state. Four years later, in 1962, the organization was discovered and dissolved by imperial forces. Later that year, Emperor Haile Selassie annexed the country and the Eritrean Liberation Front waged…
A woman accused of plotting with her medic husband to launch a bio terror attack in Kenya has appeared in a Nairobi court. The charges stemmed from an alleged plan foiled by Kenyan police in which the woman, Nuseiba Haji, and other purported accomplices are accused of planning the event. While the husband is already…
