by Africa.com Africa is on the move. The World Bank predicts 4.8 percent growth in 2010 and 2011, faster than any other continent. Many say that this summer’s FIFA World Cup victor was not just Spain, but also South Africa, whose leaders and fans defied expectations by hosting an exciting and peaceful international competition. Africa.com [...]
All For Africa beneficiary, our Reading Spaces. Our Reading Spaces is a US-based charitable organization whose mission is to empower Africa through reading. They aim to achieve this by creating libraries for children in rural villages in Kenya. We had a great year in 2009! With your support, we established a computer lab at Thika [...]
HEALTH Glaxo offers free malaria research, vaccine nears GlaxoSmithKline PLC hopes to seek approval by 2012 for its experimental malaria vaccine and said on Wednesday it would seek only a small profit and ensure it is widely available in hard-hit countries. AFRICA: AIDS vaccine programme comes home In what is being hailed as a boost [...]
HEALTH HIV infections and deaths fall as drugs have impact Greater access to anti-retroviral drugs has helped cut the death toll from HIV by more than 10% over the past five years, latest figures show. READ MORE LESOTHO: Mountain clinics bring HIV services to remote villages Isolated mountain communities hard hit by HIV and AIDS [...]
All for Africa was founded by the principals of Seacom. Seacom is the first fiber optic cable to bring high-speed internet to East Africa. The 17,000 km fiber optic cable went live on Thursday July 23, 2009 connecting South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda to India and Asia as well as [...]
