Kenya dethrones South Africa in new technology race.

Adapted from TechCentral.co.za: South Africa appears to be losing its status as the preferred investment destination on the continent for international technology companies. That honour, increasingly, is going to Kenya, which may be on the cusp of a technology-fuelled era of economic growth. When apartheid ended in 1994, there was a flood of investment into South Africa by international technology companies. Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Xerox, Hewlett-Packard: they all poured millions into establishing local offices to serve not only...

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Cracks emerge in Mau Mau settlment deal.

The British government announced compensation for Kenyans abused during a rebellion against colonial rule in the years leading up to independence Foreign Secretary William Hague told the House of Commons more than 5,000 Kenyans will be compensated in a package worth nearly 31 million dollars, which translates to just about half a milli...

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