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Guido Sohne
I learned some few weeks ago that my friend passed away in Nairobi. I wanted to post; especially after reading fellow NewsVine posts. But I had to wait until the funeral date was set before I posted my tribute. I couldn’t believe it! But it all makes sense now. On May 8th; I [...]
What a wonderful; brilliant; witty and downright satirical essay about … Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina
How to write about Africa!
Read it and leave comments!
Respect to African Unity Day; formally African Liberation Day. Now simply known as Africa Day.
African Liberation Day on May 25 is an annual holiday in various countries in Africa, coinciding with African Union’s Africa Day.
Although there does not exist one central site that gathers images, text, audio and video from global observations; I will mention [...]
BBC Radio World Service online presents an audio excerpt perspective on the Continent of Africa coming to grip with it’s energy future.
Mon-Fri 4th - 10th May 2008 Each day features a different topic of realistic energy.
Powering up
Africa’s energy resources are plentiful yet it accounts for just a small percentage of global energy consumption.
BBC focuses on [...]
Africa: Cinema - The Rise of Video Booths Shows There is An Untapped Audience Out There at the Right Price.
Some investment is being made in urban multiplexes and there are old single or double screen outlets left over from a previous era like Le Wouri in Akwa; Douala, Cameroon.
Photo taken by: Sebastien PERES LABOURDETTE
The evangelical [...]
GHana Vs. Mexico - March 26, 2008 London UK
GHANA - 1 - MEXICO - 2 [Full Time]
***** Live on Telemundo in the USA ***** en Español - 4PM EST/8PM GMT
Ghana would play its first match since the 2008 African Nations Cup against Mexico in an international friendly today.
The international friendly game to [...]
My man Daryl reported on a publishing of the 50 Highest Paid Football (Soccer) players in the world by a Portuguese Financial website. Please note that these listings are in Euros (€) as of March 14th 2008; it takes $1.56 to buy one (1) Euro (€) to help with your $USD conversions. Digging a little [...]
The competition has ended with Egypt taking the Cup for the sixth time in the Nation’s Cup history. They scored Cameroon 1 - 0. The Egyptians have been very good throughout the tournament.It all started like this: They defeated Cameroon in their Group C match opener of the tournament in Kumasi 4 - 2. Next [...]
The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon face the The Pharoahs of Egypt in the 26th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Accra’s Ohene Djan Sports stadium at 17H:00 GMT on Sunday, february 1oth. Andre Bikey will miss the final after his unwarranted medic shove when he played against Ghana. So … will each team review the video [...]
Cote d’Ivoire 1-4 Egypt FINAL
Fathy [EGY] 12′, Keita [CIV] 63′, Zaky [EGY] 62′ 67′, Aboutreika [EGY] 90′
Shouldn’t be shocking but we all wanted Ivory Coast to head to the finals to win. Some even wanted the host nation to take the cup. The truth is that Egypt IS the current champion. It should be expected that they should push for another record-setting sixth Africa [...]
Ghana Vs. Cameroon
Cameroon tops this one and a ticket to the final match with a score for 1 - 0 over Ghana. Substitute for Joseph Desire Job; Alain Nkong teamed up with Samuel Eto’o to push past the defense and net a goal. This happened in the 72nd minute. The Ghanaian team was shaken. [...]
Accra Mail (Accra) This article from the Accra Mail sums up today’s battle of the foot at the Ohene Djan stadium between the host country Ghana and fellow West African neighbor & four-time Africa Cup champion … Cameroon.*** Also remember that the grip is not only in Accra! There is another crucial Semi-Final Match after the Accra [...]
The clash of the Titans!
This match will take place as one of the two semi-finals on February 7th, 2008.
I know many people who will have to decide which nation they will stand for on the 7th of February. Some people I know have parents and grandparents from both countries in running in their blood. Cameroonians [...]
Mali and Sevilla striker Frederic Kanoute won the 2007 CAF African Footballer of the Year award on Friday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced.The Sevilla forward is the first European-born player to win the award after beating off competition from Ivorian captain Didier Drogba and Michael Essien of Ghana.
Kanoute was nominated for [...]
I’m traveling with a fellow Cameroonian. We are excited to see the old Cameroonian squad take on the current cup holders; Egypt.I support Cameroon for the win in this one, but I’m a little apprehensive due to the fact that Egypt has a squad almost entirely of local Egyptian-based players who are well under 25 [...]
