Zambia, has been seeking ways of enacting a new constitution to stand the test of time through an insaka, the National Constitutional Conference (NCC). But the unanimous adoption of an article that requires a presidential candidate to have the minimum academic qualification of a degree is raising eyebrows. Of course it is important that we do not close our eyes to reality.

Starting by going back to school if one’s aspires to be President is being too ambitious and unrealistic for a developing c… Continue

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SEGUN BALOGUN


The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Thursday, set up an ad-hoc committee of six members to investigate allegations of misappropriation levelled against the state governor, Babatunde Fashola, by a group calle… Continue

Vincent Kouwenhoven and Brian Hirman from the Netherlands have recently launched eVentures Africa Fund (eVA Fund): an investment fund for digital media and e-business companies in Africa. eVA Fund will first focus on investments in the sub-Saharan African countries.

Kouw… Continue

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By Segun Balogun
January 27, 2010 07:39AM



A man who identified himself as Victor Agboye inflicted severe injuries on himself while holding hostage officials of the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) for about four hours on Monday… Continue

STATEMENT BY MUVI TELEVISION MANAGEMENT OVER CHISHIMBA KAMBWILI’s CONDUCT

MUVI television management would like to express its displeasure over the unruly conduct of Honorable Chishimba Kambwili MP at our studio premises on the night of Tuesday 19th January 2010.
On this material day, Mr. Kambwili drove into our premises and informed security personnel at the gate that he had come to pick up Patriotic Front Secretary General Wynter Kabimba after he featured on Tuesday’s edition of the Hot Issue… Continue

As you may know Cameroon and The Netherlands are in the same group at the World Cup 2010.

Therefore Africa Interactive is interested to get in contact with:

* Cameramen/women
* Journalists
* Photographers
* Video production companies

in Cameroon for working with several media partners from The Netherlands.

Are you a media professional in Cameroun and do you like to work with Africa Interactive, please send your CV to:… Continue

Press freedom boosts economic growth

By Eric Kathenya

In the wake of the news that the government of Kenya has gazetted new laws that will regulate the broadcast media, it is worth asking: is press freedom important for economic growth? Paul Collier, a professor of economics and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University says it is.

Collier has researched African economies since 1968 and at one time was director of development research at World Bank. In his… Continue

The 3rd edition of Talent Campus Durban invites African filmmakers to apply to participate in an intensive 5-day programme of workshops and seminars delivered by film professionals to enhance both theoretical and practical approaches to filmmaking.

Read more on: http://www.artsreview.co.za/2010/01/18/talent-campus-calls-for-entries/

Published by NEXT on Dec 28 2009

BY SEGUN BALOGUN

"Why only me?" asked a bemused John Adedipe, a civil servant in Lagos worried about the increase in the number of physically fit beggars on Monday.


Mr. Adedipe, had given out all the money he had on within one hour of leaving home. He ga… Continue

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By Segun Balogun and Terfa Tilley-Gyado

Lagos has changed greatly in the last decade, mostly because of the investments made in infrastructure - by the state government. The fastest growing megacity in the world ha… Continue

To all African Football Journalists,

Africa Business Communities wants to get in contact with African Football Journalists who will go to Angola for AFCON 2010.

Are you going to Angola to attain AFCON, please let me know, so we can see how we can work together.

Best regards,

Seb Vlugt
Africa Business Communities
Seb@basvlugt.nl
M 0031 629 06 87 83

MUVI TV NOW ON SATELITE!

Felix Kashweka and Mabvuto Phiri

Muvi Television is a private owned television Station established in Zambia’s capital city Lusaka about seven years ago. The first broadcasting licence that Muvi TV had only allowed it to cover only Lusaka city.
When Muvi TV sold its content to the MY TV bouquet and was watched all over the country via satellite, a tiff between the TV station and the government arose. Muvi Television first had license that could only allow it to televis… Continue

originally published by NEXT on Dec 7, 09.

Without any school training, 37-year-old Kazeem Efe Adeagbo seems to have mastered the skill of domesticating animals, armed with a sheer artistic drive that has been honed over the years through a patient relationship with the animals.

"I train dogs, bird… Continue

The World Child Rights Day and the current situation of Somali Children

The date 20 November marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. Today, 193 states have ratified the CRC. In fact, only two countries in the world — Somalia and the United States — have not yet given the CRC… Continue

The World Child Rights Day and the current situation of Somali Children

The date 20 November marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. Today, 193 states have ratified the CRC. In fact, only two countries in the world — Somalia and the United States — have not yet given the CRC… Continue

World’s largest humanitarian network adopts ambitious blueprint for coming decade

The 17th General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has ended with the unanimous adoption of Strategy 2020 – a plan that lays out the collective commitments of its 186 members.

Strategy 2020 aims to better fulfil… Continue

World’s largest humanitarian network adopts ambitious blueprint for coming decade

The 17th General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has ended with the unanimous adoption of Strategy 2020 – a plan that lays out the collective commitments of its 186 members.

Strategy 2020 aims to better fulfil… Continue

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Most times, especially in developing countries like Nigeria, Internet Publishers normally prefer publishing on main domains like dot com, dot org, dot net, e.t.c. The main reason for preference for this publishing platform is social. Publishing on a main domain, duely purchased, confers on a publisher some kind of social prestige. On the other hand, publishing on a sub-domain like blogspot, which is free portrays the publisher, albeit erroneously as lacking the required financial… Continue