Festus Mogae
Stop saying “Africa”
by Minister Faust on May 9, 2011
This morning I came across a typical, lazy, offhanded reference to “Africa” (that is, the second largest continent and home of 54 individual countries) as total basketcase, as a place of misery, backwardness and genocide.
In fact, the writer in question essentially used “Africa” as a metaphor for genocide, without citing any country, era, political faction, or other relevant data. Pure laziness and, I suspect, total political, cultural, social and …
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The Nubian billionaire who invented the cell phone and is leading a revolution across 54 countries
by Minister Faust on December 13, 2010
When Sudanese engineer and entrepreneur Mohamed Ibrahim built a cellular communication network across the African continent, he likely had no idea he’d meet such massive financial, social and political success.
Of course, he’d already been a hugely successful engineer, having led the team that invented the mobile phone and thereby having given birth to the modern world.
Ibrahim eventually sold his CelTel company for $3.4 billion, and used his money …
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