• I dream of the day when these, the African mathematicians and computer specialists in Washington and New York, the African physicists, engineers, doctors, business managers and economists, will return from London and Manchester and Paris and Brussels to add to the African pool of brain power, to enquire into and find solutions to Africa's problems and challenges, to open the African door to the world of knowledge, to elevate Africa's place within the universe of research the information of new knowledge, education and information -Thambo Mbeki, former South African President
  • They therefore concluded that “the findings of this (and other) surveys indicate that coverage of Africa, by the leading sources of American media is, at best, dismissive of the continent’s progress and potential, and thus leading to continued ‘exotification’ and marginalization of the African continent. At worst, coverage disregards recent trends toward democratization, thus betraying an almost contemptuous lack of interest in the potential and progress being achieved on the continent.”

Above excerpt is from a writer: Gbemisola Olujobi

  • By Gbemisola Olujobi - The Africa You Need to Know - Posted on Nov 28, 2006 See Full Article above

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Shocking Monthly Salary.

Published on The Standard Online

Friday, 13th March 2009

By Kap Kirwok

Below is an excerpt from

US offers best model for Kenya in governance, service delivery

http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144007197&cid=500&

You would not know it, but Kibaki’s monthly salary is 20 per cent higher than Obama’s. The former is reported to earn a monthly salary of about Sh40 million ($486,075) per year while the latter earns about Sh32 million ($400,000). The comparisons for the members of the legislature and judiciary’s pay and perks are the same for the two countries — give or take a percentage point. The only difference is in the quality of leadership and legislative output. -
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