By Ogova Ondego
Published April 28, 2010
Lola Kenya Screen, the Nairobi-based film festival, production workshop and market for children and youth in eastern Africa that holds every second week of August in Kenya, has been included in Children’s Celebrations, a book published by Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd in Victoria, Australia.
Part of Macmillan’s Celebrations series, the [...]
Written on April 29, 2010 | Posted in
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By Bethsheba Achitsa
Published April 20, 2010
The 18-week film submission period for the Nairobi-based Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media initiative for children and youth in eastern Africa came to a close on April 15, 2010 with countries across the six continents submitting their films. The submission period that opened on December 1, 2009 has received films [...]
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By Bethsheba Achitsa
Published April 16, 2010
More than any other contemporary art form, the hip hop music culture–that emerged in the ghettos of the USA—continues to inform and define the youth culture on the African continent. But while young people use it to express themselves in a way that defies stereotypes, this art is devoid of [...]
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By MediaGlobal
Published April 14, 2010
The proposed World Bank loan of US$3.75 billion to energy South African company, Eskom, will finance the building of a coal-fired power station called Medupi in Limpopo, South Africa. The coal-fired power station is designed to address the current energy crisis in the country, and construction is due to be finished [...]
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By Ogova Ondego
Published April 11, 2010
Kunle Afolayan led Nigeria in stamping her authority on the filmmaking landscape of Africa by winning 13 out of the 24 main prizes at the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony held on April 10, 2010 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The resurgent Nigeria, touted as the second most prolific [...]
Written on April 11, 2010 | Posted in
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By Kevin James Moore
Published April 10, 2010
Moses Lwanga fled Uganda as a boy and returned as a Harvard University-educated doctor to a country torn asunder by war. Lwanga strove to be a pacifist but the violence he witnessed overwhelmed him and he turned to violence himself. This man in conflict is the protagonist of Unknown [...]
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By Bethsheba Achitsa
Published April 7, 2010
If one thought that air wars within eastern African skies were over following Air Uganda’s flight introduction of a daily flight between Entebbe and Kigali, the battle for African skies is an unfinished business.
Air Uganda that has since inception been faced with dwindling fortunes as a result of what is [...]
Written on April 7, 2010 | Posted in
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By Bethsheba Achitsa
Published April 4, 2010
Christine Demba had never thought that she was cut out for the modeling world. That was till pressure from friends and acquaintances over her ‘great super-model looks’ got her thinking about the possibilities that she could become a model.
“Enthused that other people could see the beauty in me, I borrowed [...]
Written on April 4, 2010 | Posted in
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By Bethsheba Achitsa
Published April 2, 2010
While mobile cinema is not a new experience in Africa, the manner in which it has previously been conducted defeats the purpose for which it exists. Such projects usually target the slum areas and most of the films showcased in such events are usually of low quality and are set [...]
Written on April 2, 2010 | Posted in
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By BBC World Service
Published April 2, 2010
BBC World Service is partnering mobile network operator Zain, in a collaboration that will provide Zain users with quick and easy access to BBC content via mobile internet.
Zain has now added BBC World Service banners to nine of its mobile portals across the continent. Users in Nigeria, Kenya, Burkina [...]
Written on April 2, 2010 | Posted in
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