This week in African Style 3/17 – 3/23/07
• Virgin Atlantic opens East Africa route and competes with British Airways.
• Innovation and investment at Oprah’s African schools.
• Tragedy of 5 lost in Bronx fire lead American media to Mali’s red earth.
• Russia looks to sign energy, metals deals in Africa.
• Americans milk Africa to death.
• Queen Latifah competes against Botswana’s Health Minister for detective role.
• The cost of a free Zambian education.
• Google bets on Africa.
• Innovation happens in unexpected places: mobile banking in Kenya, and mobile tv boost in North Africa.
• Governmental inaction and decay of public infrastructure in Africa.
• Pan-African businesses: Do they exist?
• Zimbabwe under fire, pleads for African solidarity.
• Sing the African alphabet.
• Rise of West African tourism.
• “Hip-Hop Colony,†African hip-hop explosion film available on dvd.
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