A World Free of Aids

In commemoration of World Aids Day 2012 on December 1st, the US has unveiled the new US blueprint for an AIDS free generation. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Bluepint: Creating an AIDS free generation, provides a roadmap for how the U.S. Government will work to help achieve a generation free of AIDS. [...]

Black November United Nations Screening

Starring - Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Anne Heche, Fred Amata, Wyclef Jean, Akon, Enyinna Nwigwe, Sarah Wayne Callies, Dede Mabiaku, Persia White, Vivica A Fox , Mbong Amata  

Africa in the News: Positive Predictions for E-tourism

 E-tourism, or the ability to book hotel, flight and other travel reservations online, accounts for about 56 percent of global travel today. Yet as late as 2005, e-tourism accounted for less than “2 percent of tourism revenues in Africa.” However, the disparity seems to be narrowing due to South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 FIFA [...]

Africa in the News: Positive Predictions for E-tourism

 Positive Predictions for E-tourism’s Growth in Africa   E-tourism, or the ability to book hotel, flight and other travel reservations online, accounts for about 56 percent of global travel today. Yet as late as 2005, e-tourism accounted for less than “2 percent of tourism revenues in Africa.” However, the disparity seems to be narrowing due [...]

Africa in the News: Malaria Prevention Efforts Find Success in Zanzibar

Malaria Prevention Efforts Find Success in Zanzibar The widespread destabilizing effects of malaria have become a thing of the past on the island of Zanzibar of the coast of East Africa. However, this was not always the case, but has been achieved through determined efforts by the government and the international community. The results are [...]

Invitation to Briefing with Liberian Ministers of Planning and Development & Finance

The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa invites you to join us for a special briefing Featuring: The Honorable Amara Konneh Minister of Planning and Development Government of the Republic of Liberia The Honorable Augustine K. Ngafuan Minister of Finance Government of the Republic of Liberia Discussant: Pearl Alice Marsh, Ph.D. Senior Democratic [...]

Africa in the News: Energy Efficient Stoves Make Impact on Ugandan Environment

 Energy Efficient Stoves Make Impact on Ugandan Environment   The worldwide effort to reduce carbon emissions is having a profound effect on the type of stoves used in Uganda. Carbon financing has allowed on small company to produce and provide efficient cooking stoves to Ugandans, saving money, resources and the environment. Ugastove, a thriving producer [...]

Africa in the News: Humanitarianism and Capitalism find Harmony in Ghana

 Humanitarianism and Capitalism find Harmony in Ghana One company in Ghana has recently discovered that fighting malaria and increasing worker productivity go hand in hand. Throughout the world, Malaria “kills almost 800, 000 adults and children worldwide, 90% of them in Africa” yet is a totally preventable and curable disease when the appropriate medication is [...]

Africa in the News: Methane May Become Rwanda

  Some Rwandan’s may soon be deriving large amounts of relatively inexpensive electricity from an uncommon source, Lake Kivu. The lake is large, 1,000 square miles, and deep, with a maximum depth of 1,575 ft.  However, its unique characteristic is “the rich supplies of methane gas that are lying in its depths.” The methane is a [...]

The Ambassador Andrew Young Lecture Series on Africa featuring Michael Blake and Karen Richardson (April 28, 2011)

On Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the Embassy of Ghana, The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa held the first Ambassador Andrew Young lecture series of 2011 entitled “Youth, The Vanguard for Change,” featuring Mr. Michael Blake, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Deputy Associate Director of the [...]