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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:52:30 CDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scoping Out The Range At Mantality.co.za]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve been browsing Mantality.co.za (As per usual) and been making a few sneaky buys, and then&#8230;I came across (Not on &#8212; Thanks Nash ha ha!) some of the most awesome things, stuff that I have never actually seen before anywhere. Stuff that I think you need to know about to make your life even [...]<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The debris World Cup left behind]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=the-debris-world-cup-left-behind</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:52:10 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[THE first World Cup hosted in Africa is over, bar the shouting. The accolades are still pouring in about how South Africa pulled it off with FIFA boss Sepp Blatter giving them nine out of ten on his scorecard. This flies in the face of skeptics (in Zimbabwe we call them enemies), who doubted that [...]<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bringing smiles to the slums – Jua kali dentistry in Kenya]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=bringing-smiles-to-the-slums-%E2%80%93-jua-kali-dentistry-in-kenya</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:52:07 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I got this photograph from someone who had his teeth repaired in Gikomba &#8211; the center of Kenya&#8217;s Juakali innovation, and another one of Kenya&#8217;s slums . The home made gadget looks pretty terrifying but check out the results!Made from brass and modelled on something much more professional, this manual tooth mould (I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s [...]<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kenya’s Web Design Problem]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=kenya%E2%80%99s-web-design-problem</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:52:03 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["The African Scifi factory is a highend production facility located in Thika-Kenya, dedicated to re-establishing popular African science and fiction narrative using animation ..." The African Scifi Factory in Thika, Kenya sounds like a great place. It looks like one too, their site looks pretty good. However, no one will ever hear of them or [...]<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Maker Faire Africa 2010: Nairobi]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=maker-faire-africa-2010-nairobi</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:52:01 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re just a month away from one of my favorite events of the year: Maker Faire Africa! It&#8217;s where we bring inventors, innovators and ingenious designers and artists into one place. Last year we did it in Ghana, this year it&#8217;s in Kenya on August the 27th to 28th. Submit your project here! &#8220;The aim [...]<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Mobile Payment Trifecta in Kenya]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=a-mobile-payment-trifecta-in-kenya</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:52:01 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kenya is quickly gaining a competitive advantage in the mobile payments space. Led by mobile operator giant Safaricom with their Mpesa product, the market locally sees huge value in mobile money transactions. Add to that a regulatory system that is relaxed enough for innovation to be encouraged, and you have a great space for interesting [...]<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Traction Elusive for Zimbabwe Civic Activists Lobbying African Summit in Uganda]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=traction-elusive-for-zimbabwe-civic-activists-lobbying-african-summit-in-uganda</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:51:51 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Both President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF and the main Movement for Democratic Change formation of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have signaled recently that they are ready for elections next yearZimbabwean civil society groups are having some trouble gaining traction on their issues at the African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda, where they have been urging the continental body to press the Zimba<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Audit results ready]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:49:14 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The long-awaited public service audit report will be out next week, Public Service Minister Professor Eliphas Mukonoweshuro (pictured) has announced. Speaking in an interview in Masvingo at the weekend, Professor Mukonoweshuro admitted that there were a number of irregularities found by the experts who conducted the audit.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Indigenisation Regulations – a comment by John Robertson]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=indigenisation-regulations-%E2%80%93-a-comment-by-john-robertson</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:49:11 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The regulations giving force to Zimbabwe's Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act have been amended to allow for different circumstances that might affect companies in different sectors and a few definitions have been tidied up. However, the basic unacceptability of a law that confers upon the State the power to dispossess targeted individuals or companies of [...]<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Being in Africa Makes You Untrustworthy]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=being-in-africa-makes-you-untrustworthy</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:56:08 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been able to use PayPal for two months. I just got profiled for extra security measures on Facebook. I can&#8217;t make certain purchases from Africa. Few organizations ship goods to me here. Let&#8217;s be honest; living in Africa, or being African, gives you a certain unwelcome aroma in the eyes of global corporations. [...]<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Question of Culture]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:56:08 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[[Caveat: I am no philosopher, nor have I done any research on this. These are just a few meandering thoughts and broad generalizations brought on by boredom while riding the London to Oxford train.] The biggest difference between Africans and Westerners might be in how we define value. A Westerner sees a tree and loves [...]<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ethan Zuckerman: beyond the wisdom of the flock]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=ethan-zuckerman-beyond-the-wisdom-of-the-flock</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:56:06 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[[Read Ethan's notes] Ethan Zuckerman is giving his first TED talk today in Oxford. He&#8217;s a long-time friend, a well-known blogger, tech entrepreneur, thinker and visionary. For the last few years he&#8217;s been a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Democracy at Harvard. He&#8217;s the founder of Global Voices, and one of the [...]<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SADC Tribunal Rules in Favour of Zimbabwean Farmer]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=sadc-tribunal-rules-in-favour-of-zimbabwean-farmer</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:55:59 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[WINDHOEK - A southern African regional tribunal on Friday ruled that two Zimbabwean white farmers may continue living on and working their land, challenging the stance of a Zimbabwe court."The application of farmers Louis Fick and Michael Campbell is granted as the respondent - the Zimbabwean government - failed to comply with a previous order of the SADC (Southern African Development Community) <br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Poop piki piki for my biogas system]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:55:57 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Piki piki means motorbike in KiswahiliThis gadget was created to solve a real problem with biogas &#8211; getting the dung to the system quickly and efficiently. Motorbikes are the taxi&#8217;s of Africa so why not? Before I tell you about the above gadget I just want to remind you about the problems we have been [...]<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa 2010 – Building Africa’s Moral Capital – it’s construction – Part 3 of 20]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=africa-2010-%E2%80%93-building-africa%E2%80%99s-moral-capital-%E2%80%93-it%E2%80%99s-construction-%E2%80%93-part-3-of-20</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:55:53 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As we approach the final of the historic FIFA Soccer World Cup hosted by South Africa in this historic year which marks the 50th anniversary of 17 African states, we need to explore the ideas and motives that underlay the colonial business model and the forces that precipitated the rapid decolonization of Africa.The anti-colonial movement gathered momentum not only because there was a general fee<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sizzla Jets in Zimbabwe for 21st Feb Bash]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=sizzla-jets-in-zimbabwe-for-21st-feb-bash-1</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:55:40 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[REGGAE icon Sizzla Kalonji arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday to a rapturous welcome by his multitude of fans. Sizzla will perform at the 21st February Movement gala at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair grounds in Bulawayo tonight to celebrate President Mugabe's birthday.Reggae fans thronged the Harare International Airport to welcome the renowned Jamaican reggae star who is on his maiden visit to<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Zimdancehall Awards Heads Home]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:55:39 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[July 31st 2010 is History in the making as the zimdancehall awards heads to the motherland for the first time in its 3year history,as the only ceremony which honours the cream of zimbabwean reggae/dancehall this year promises the full exposure of authentic zimdancehall with special perfomances from zimdancehall artists new and old.Having been founded in 2007 by artist/producer/promoter and CEO of<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Music By Prudence BBC Interview]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=music-by-prudence-bbc-interview-1</link>
<comments>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=music-by-prudence-bbc-interview-1</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:55:36 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Director Roger Ross Williams' film Music By Prudence, about a group of disabled Zimbabwean musicians won an Oscar on the 7th of March. In this BBC Interview, Singer Prudence Mabhena talks frankly about the harsh consequences of being born with a disability in Zimbabwe and discusses how she came to feature in the short film. Director Roger, explains why he wanted to tell her story. And fellow musi<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mutare Choir In China!!!]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=mutare-choir-in-china-1</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:55:34 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Mutare based Dangamvura Old Students Association (DOSA) choir that has been carrying Zimbabwe's musical flag high on the international scene, has been selected to take part in the 6th edition of the World Choral Games in China set for July.The prestigious Choral Games - the world's biggest choir competitions - will be held in the Shaoxing and Shanghai cities of China from July 15 to 26.The ev<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who is Dread Manyeruke?]]></title>
<link>http://www.mukoma.com/story.php?title=who-is-dread-manyeruke-1</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:55:29 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[THERE is a new name on many people's lips these days, maybe not that new but surely the Independence gala held at Magamba Stadium last Sunday did help it become more popular.Unlike Suluman Chimbetu who, because of his surname, makes everyone want to know what he can or cannot do or many other young musicians like the Dembos, Manatsas or Mtukudzis - this one prefers to stay under cover.He is the s<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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