Yet another inspiring video on CNN about talented Nigerian singer/song writer, Nneka. Here she talks about injustice in Nigeria/on the continent and why she has decided to act as a voice for the people. Heartbeat & Africans are featured.

3 videos, all inspiring. She talks about Ushahidi, Mzalendo and blogging. You can read Ory Okolloh’s bio below this post. CNN’s David MacKenzie reports… 1. IT activist Ory Okolloh talks about the success of her Ushahidi software which has been used in several disasters across the world… 2. About how she took on Kenya’ politicians… [...]

Usman (an 84 year old who married a 14 year old) said it is imperative for girls to marry young, so that there is no risk of sex before marriage”     A friend recently shared the video above with me. The interviewee in the video makes a nuanced case for child marriage. I have transcribed [...]

Since January 2009, Junior Kanu has visited about seven African cities- Dakar (Senegal), Accra (Ghana), Lagos (Nigeria), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Tunis (Tunisia), Nairobi (Kenya), and Johannesburg (South Africa)- listening to young Africans’ dreams about what’s right or wrong with the continent and their role in its development. The final outcome will be a book tentatively titled Solving [...]

With a mission to “link the gender gap between young women and elderly women, so as to ensure a continuous flow of ideas as a means to end all forms of discrimination against women,” Women under 30 looks at young African women who mentor and inspire their community by challenging the existing notion of women [...]

One of the closing event for the President’s forum with young African leaders was a Networking and Partnering Unconference held at the Newseum in Washington D.C. The program was aimed at developing new partnership and deepen ties between public sector and civil society leaders in the United States and throughout Africa. The networking session provided [...]

(CP-Africa) – Provisional results reflect a landslide win for the yes vote according to Kenyan news site, the Nation. Kenya’s electoral board, the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) reported that  the Yes vote had 4,141,521 votes (67 per cent) against the No vote’s 2,054,946 (33 per cent). Contrary to the electoral violence experienced in December 2007, [...]

Fast Company catches up with Erik Hersman, the man behind the groundbreaking crowdsourcing tool, Ushahidi, as Kenya holds its constitutional referendum. What is Ushahidi’s role in the Kenya Constitutional referendum? We’ve come full circle since two years ago. Ushahidi is not just an ad hoc group of techies and bloggers banding together to make something [...]

(CP-Africa) – Kenyans have started voting  today  for a referendum aimed at improving governance and promoting democracy. With support from President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a “yes” vote in the referendum aims to install a new constitution which would herald changes in the way government is run in Kenya including the installation [...]

“Yes Youth Can” (CP-Africa) – Today,  President Barack Obama held a town hall with 115 young African leaders urging them to act as change agents to help usher in a bright future for the continent. During the session, he fielded questions ranging from conflict and good governance related issues to the U.S.’s commitment to funding  [...]