AFRICA
Kenya: Jobs another casualty in post-election violence
George Kose, 30, a graduate of Moi University, Eldoret, lost his job at one of the leading firms in Nairobi just days after the election results were announced on 30 December 2007.
AFRICA
AU leaders should urge probe after election fraudHuman rights Watch says Kenyan authorities should ensure accountability for post-election violence.
AFRICA
Tom Peters views on Africa and business
Tom Peters, one of the world's leading business strategists, is consistently voted one strategist many business people would love to see again. Here he expounds on a range of issues – including doing business in and with Africa, and corruption in the continent.
AFRICA
World Bank plans tailored support to MauritaniaWorld Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick signed two agreements with the Mauritanian Government during a two-day visit, underscoring the Bank's commitment to providing a more tailored level of support to the country's development priorities.
AFRICA
Leadership lectures to spark African youth's passion for prosperityDr. Cheick Modibo Diarra, the chairman for Microsoft's African operations, has introduced the first in a series of Microsoft Leadership Lectures, which aim to help promote debate amongst Africa's youth about the future prosperity of the continent.
AFRICA
Nation Media Group scribes scoop awards[Walter Wafula] Five journalists attached to the Nation Media Group, East Africa's media giant, bagged an award each to beat several others at the first David Astor Journalism Awards in London.
KENYA
Kenya's media fights back in face of ban, death threatsJournalists, media houses subject to death threats; government threatens to investigate media; media organisations file lawsuit over government's broadcasting ban.
AFRICA
Africa's editors call on Kibaki, Odinga, to end mayhem – or stand downIn an open letter to President Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga and the AU chairperson of commission Professor Alpha Oumar Konaré and chairperson of the AU, President John Kufuor, The African Editors' Forum has called upon Kenya's leaders to step aside if they cannot bring the violence to an end.
AFRICA
Economic impacts of software piracyA new study released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has made a strong economic case to tackle software piracy in Africa.
KENYA
OATS heads east
Oracle Airtime Sales (OATS) has confirmed their agreement with media management agency Corporate Talk to further develop its African network.
