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E-tourism, or the ability to book hotel, flight and other travel reservations online, accounts for about 56 percent of global travel today. Yet as late as 2005, e-tourism accounted for less than “2 percent of tourism revenues in Africa.” However, the disparity seems to be narrowing due to South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 FIFA [...]
Positive Predictions for E-tourism’s Growth in Africa E-tourism, or the ability to book hotel, flight and other travel reservations online, accounts for about 56 percent of global travel today. Yet as late as 2005, e-tourism accounted for less than “2 percent of tourism revenues in Africa.” However, the disparity seems to be narrowing due [...]
Malaria Prevention Efforts Find Success in Zanzibar The widespread destabilizing effects of malaria have become a thing of the past on the island of Zanzibar of the coast of East Africa. However, this was not always the case, but has been achieved through determined efforts by the government and the international community. The results are [...]
The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa invites you to join us for a special briefing Featuring: The Honorable Amara Konneh Minister of Planning and Development Government of the Republic of Liberia The Honorable Augustine K. Ngafuan Minister of Finance Government of the Republic of Liberia Discussant: Pearl Alice Marsh, Ph.D. Senior Democratic [...]
Energy Efficient Stoves Make Impact on Ugandan Environment The worldwide effort to reduce carbon emissions is having a profound effect on the type of stoves used in Uganda. Carbon financing has allowed on small company to produce and provide efficient cooking stoves to Ugandans, saving money, resources and the environment. Ugastove, a thriving producer [...]
Humanitarianism and Capitalism find Harmony in Ghana One company in Ghana has recently discovered that fighting malaria and increasing worker productivity go hand in hand. Throughout the world, Malaria “kills almost 800, 000 adults and children worldwide, 90% of them in Africa” yet is a totally preventable and curable disease when the appropriate medication is [...]
Some Rwandan’s may soon be deriving large amounts of relatively inexpensive electricity from an uncommon source, Lake Kivu. The lake is large, 1,000 square miles, and deep, with a maximum depth of 1,575 ft. However, its unique characteristic is “the rich supplies of methane gas that are lying in its depths.” The methane is a [...]
On Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the Embassy of Ghana, The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa held the first Ambassador Andrew Young lecture series of 2011 entitled “Youth, The Vanguard for Change,” featuring Mr. Michael Blake, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Deputy Associate Director of the [...]
Many of the children of Mathare, a slum in Nairobi, become victim of the pervasive poverty and crime that often defines the community. However, one innovative school is investing in ballet to inspire and enrich the children to reach their full potential. About 40 children in the school have begun to take beginning ballet once [...]
Innovation in Medical Care Brings Access to Rural Areas in Rwanda Simple medical attention can be hard to come by in rural areas of many developing countries. For instance, “just a few years ago the Burera district [of Rwanda] only had one doctor for its 350,000 population.” This has serious consequences for those in [...]
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