Gaborone, Botswana — While Botswana is perhaps best known for its wildlife reserves, a burgeoning counter-culture is painting a very different image of the small south African country. Clad in leather, adorned in spikes and topped off with cowboy hats, these are Botswana’s heavy metal heads. CNN got up close to the hardcore rockers and [...]
Amantle Montsho’s Race for Olympic Gold has Gone from Botswana to Dakar and London is Next
June 1, 2012 | Posted by
DAKAR, Senegal — Amantle Montsho’s room, about 100 square feet, has no window to the outside. When she flipped on the light switch one day after practice, a flickering bulb did little to illuminate the space. Montsho plopped onto the pink blanket covering her twin-size bed. She was 3,600 miles from home, living in an [...]
Foreign Investment Into Africa At An All Time High
May 7, 2012 | Posted by
Africa received its largest ever share of global foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, an Ernst and Young survey has said. FDI projects grew by 27% in 2011, pushing Africa’s share of the world’s investment to almost a quarter. FDI inflows, now about $80bn (£50bn), should reach $150bn by 2015, according to the global consultants. [...]
