Murdered Peace Corps Volunteer Blogged from Benin

The power of International Newsvideo usually surpasses that of reporting via printed and transcripted media. A direct example of this is the report filed by an off-air reporter named Kirit Radia who blogs for ABC...

Africa: widespread sexual exploitation at schools kills Quality Education

This article at Allafrica.com states that a report issued by US NGO Plan International's (PI) "Learn Without Fear", shows evidence on how widespread sexual exploitation is at African schools. This report links...

Somalia pirates mess up with Superflic Sarkozy, warning France

Don't mess up with the french president, when it comes to piracy. The ancient interior minister, famous for his security plans, stopped once the worker's union, that "pirated" a high speed vessel "NGV". The...

US Politics 2008: How Fear and Hope have shaped the current political landscape

"This recent press back that we are seeing in the media against Senator Obama is probably to be expected. Here is why...I think that it is representative of a greater issue than the US elections that is taking...

Libya to Step in and Fund Somalian Infrastructure

Benin's Intro:This article was written by a contributor to the African Path news network (of which Cheetah Index is part of)-Shabelle Media.  They publish stories from Somalia.  I enjoyed this article...

Multiculturalism's nemesis

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne of the topics in this story is about Afrocentric schools in order to house black citizens of this country in a Blacks only institution in order for Blacks to better...

African Path announced that they will broadcast the African Cup of Nations 20...

"African Path will broadcast the Ghana 2008 Africa Cup of Nations from January 20th till February 10th, 2008 online. The games will be available as both live feeds and as saved games for those who missed the live broadcasts. In addition a forum on the African Path Village...

Multi-billion fraud gangs are nailed

Not all Nigerians are bad, and think its there's to take."Scambusters across three continents have dealt a hammer blow to Nigeria's No.1 cottage industry - fraud. Thousands of bogus ID papers and bank documents have been intercepted along with 15,000 fake cheques en route to...

Zambian Head of State Joins Africa’s Trade -vs- Aid Debate

"I guess the bigger story for beninmwangi.com could be that the The Africa Report magazine, not to be confused with the TV magazine having the same name, might be the most complete African business coverage in the magazine universe right now. The Africa Report is published by...

Writing Phenom David S. Fick Talks with Benin Mwangi!

Writing Phenom David S. Fick Talks with Benin Mwangi!"Recently, I had the pleasure of exchanging dialogue with a world reknowned author who has written two popular books about entrepreneurship in Africa. His name is David S. Fick. Because this interview is so detailed and...

African Fabric Goes Urban

Listen Now This audio interview accompanies the press release that was published on beninmwangi.com on April 11, 2007. An interview between Benin Mwangi of beninmwangi.com and Frederic Tape of Africaincorp. The...

The World Bank Seeks Economic Progress?

"Geoffrey Kamali writes about the most recent opinion of the World Bank, as it pertains to business in Africa: "Is Sub-Saharan Africa now a more attractive destination for investment than yester-years? The World Bank appears to give an optimistic overview in a new...

HIV Microbicide Gel Tests Halted

"This is some scary shit right here: scientists have stopped tests for a vaginal gel meant to block HIV transmission in unprotected sex. Scientists have been working with women from a number of African nations to investigate the effectiveness of the microbicide called...

7 Lessons from Africa's Successful Entrepreneurs?

"So far The Benin Epilogue has attempted to tackle several different issues. Key among them have been: * Building awareness about the entrepreneurs behind a few of Africa's most thriving enterprises * Helping to illustrate why foreign firms should do more foreign...

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