The African Union (AU) recently issued a press release  on the need to have  dotafrica domain names registered for web sites on the continent.(Read the entire Press Release below this article). According to the AU, DotAfrica is the internet name space for the continent which would be applied for in the next round of new [...]

A professional journalist and an emerging writer, Jen Ehidiamen is committed to exploring and using the media as an advocacy tool for youth development and empowerment. She blogs at Youth Making Change and is CP-Africa’s Features Editor“People around the world say they firmly support equal rights for men and women, but many still believe men [...]

Everyone wants to score high points with their friends no matter how self-sufficient people appear on the surface. Of course that’s not a problem except this need pushes people to please everyone so as to stay in their friends’ good books. Yes, he that want friends should show himself friendly but why expose yourselves to [...]

The revelation came from Donald Duke. Well, not much of a revelation as its always been an open secret. Perhaps it is the dramatic blow by blow account of how the electoral system is manipulated to produce phony results that made the expose particularly interesting. Being a former state governor and one who reigned under [...]

The nagging spirit constantly plagues the resolve to desist from these posts. But one finally having come to the realization that one can no longer bear such foreboding, one finally gives in. Hence, I act one last time. However, this is unlike previous disgusts at our political system. I now bear in mind that the [...]

Africa has too long suffered from pessimism of description as well as pessimism of prescription. This focus on problems and challenges obscures the importance of hope as a vital ingredient for change. Hope is a key variable driving African development through innovation and social invention. To me this is not just a theory, but a [...]

As I contemplate travelling to my home country Nigeria this December, I cannot help but contemplate on the bittersweet experiences I have had in the hustle and bustle of the Lagos metropolis. The food, the noisy crowds, the transportation system, the erratic power supply, which no Nigerian ever forgets, and the struggle to make a [...]

Oluseun Onigbinde is currently a Banker with core interests in Corporate Strategy and Green Energy. He is the Director of Green Acts Group, a Think Green Initiative. Flags are usually designed with multiple colours, single stars or a galaxy, shining sun, Islamic symbols, parallel lines or tribal objects and so on. It marks of stepping [...]

If you have ever done extensive research in the area of governance, you will agree with me that transformative and visionary leadership deficiency, has always been and is still, a major obstacle, in Africa’s development. Majority of Africa’s leaders are more of a liability than an asset to their countries. They are more interested in [...]

We all have dreams as children. As a child I wanted to be a soldier. (In retrospect I think the movie “Rambo” had something to do with it.. ) Many people start out their adult lives trying to pursue their dreams and the “big bad world” bullies them out of it! Let’s face it, life [...]