Roots festival: third edition ends with Simphiwe Dana

Yesterday night, the 20th of July 2008, the Roots Festival of African music ended in Reggio Calabria, southern Italy. From Friday the 18th until the Sunday the 20th of July, the music exhibition showed worldwide famous artists such as Freshly Ground, Sam Tshabalala and Simphiwe Dana.

Africa shots by photographer Raphaël Blasselle

With a degre in economics and a strong interest for photography, Raphaël Blasselle visited Malawi and Mozambique in 2004. He shot some pictures that you will now find here below this text. Born in France and virtually “adopted” by Rome, Italy, as he said, Blasselle has held expositions in different European countries since 2004. www.raphaelblasselle.eu

Freshly Ground music group on stage in southern Italy

South african group Freshly Ground appeared in concert in Reggio Calabria for what is a three day exhibition, called “Roots“, dedicated to south african artists celebrating the end of the apartheid.

Kenya: Sports Power House to miss Beijing Olympics

For the first time in the recent history of Olympic Games in Kenya, there will be no representative in next month’s 24th edition of Olympic Games in Beijing from St. Patricks high school Iten – the seedbed of International and elite runners in  Kenya. For the first time in the recent history of Olympic Games […]

Mozambique: photo exhibition on the web made by kids

An Italian Ngo working in Mozambique realised different projects and made the adverts for them with the help of two kids who shot different pictures of what is changing in their life.  Antonio and Felipe live in the village of Lugela, in the region of Zambesia, Mozambique. They have been enroled by the  Zawadishop and have […]

African Roots in southern Italy

The third edition of Festival Roots will be held in Reggio Calabria, Italy, from the 18th until the 20th of July. The event is managed by the Italian association Bao Bab who had invited very famous South African artists: Freshly Ground, Sam Tshabalala and Simphiwe Dana

African fest held in Italy

An African fest has been held in Barbarano vicentino, near Vicenza (Italy), the 4th and 5th of July. “The African Fest – wrote Antonella Zarantonello, one of the promoter of the event – has been a fantastic party, I have been very happy to take part”. “We have held meetings for the three months to […]

Kenya: ICT business opportunities for Investors

The Kenyan Government has put in place attractive incentives and infrastructures to encourage investment in the ICT sector in the country. There are several investment bodies which have been set up to ensure that investing in Kenya is lucrative and rewarding both for local and foreign investors.One such body is the Kenya Investment Authority which […]

Kenya: foreign investors to benefit from Bpo

Foreign and local investors in Kenya will benefit from the country’s Business processing outsourcing (BPO) technology park being set up by the government. According to the chief executive of the Kenya ICT Board Paul Kukubo, the government has allocated Ksh 900million ($13 million) for the construction of the BPO park. The construction of the 5000 […]

Italian cooperation projects in Africa: meeting in Ponte di Barbarano, Vicenza

In Ponte di Barbarano, near Vicenza (Italy), many events are taking place regarding the cooperation in Africa. From 19 to 22 July 2008 people interested in Africa and cooperation projects will meet with Alberto Benvenuti, a volunteer. He will go to Rwanda for various projects in Ruhengeri. He will be there for two years. “He […]