Tag Archives: china

Chinese Label Dangerous and Fake Drugs as “Made in India”

July 29, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Buying drugs from a street vendor in Africa is a hit-or-miss affaire. The drugs come from China, and cover the gamut from aspirin, to ...
Posted in Technology | Also tagged , , , | 1 Comment

New Chinese TV Channel Targets Middle East, North Africa

July 27, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
China’s influence in Africa is growing by the day. Just a few weeks ago, a local Chinese expatriate launched it’s first Africa published newspaper (in ...
Posted in Industry News | Also tagged , | Leave a comment

China Africa Development Fund Grants $90M

June 9, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
China’s CAD Fund has granted six investment projects involving more than $90 million since it was established in June last year. The China-Africa Development Fund, ...
Posted in Business | Also tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Factoid 1 - Chinese Websites Localize For Africa

June 6, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Factoid 1. China’s involvement in Africa through it’s investments, policy influence, and mining is widely known. But what about the Chinese web? It turns out ...
Posted in FricaFactoid | Also tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Kobe Bryant Launches Chinese Blog

January 19, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
International sport superstar Kobe Bryant is marketing himself to his fans in China through his new blog on Sina.com. The following is translated from Chinese… Hey ...
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged | 1 Comment

This Week in Appfrica [Nov 30 - Dec 6, 2008]

December 7, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
“This Week in Appfrica” is a weekly digest highlighting articles and stories from the previous week. If you’re interested in becoming an advertiser on this ...
Posted in Weekly Review | Also tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Internet Map of the World

December 5, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
It seems the world is moving away from a U.S. centric web… For past two years, I have been pointing towards a subtle but ...
Posted in Web | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

A Safari Through China’s Social Web

December 1, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
I’ve been exploring the Chinese social web from here in Uganda. With the aid of translate.google.com, a few Firefox translation extensions and my own knowledge ...
Posted in Featured | Also tagged , , | 5 Comments

This Week in Appfrica [Nov 23 - 29, 2008]

November 30, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
“This Week in Appfrica” is a weekly digest highlighting articles and stories from the previous week. If you’re interested in becoming an advertiser on this ...
Posted in Web, Weekly Review | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

In Desperate Need of a Green Revolution

September 7, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Robert Kaplan recently wrote this take on African development in the 21st century. The Current: Oil production is already booming, and food production may follow suit. ...
Posted in Business, Environment | Also tagged , , , | Leave a comment