Five Reasons Why Mandela Must Not Die…

After many weeks of tension over the health of African living legend, Nelson Mandela, attention over his health has dropped after his return from hospital. #MfonList takes a look at top five reasons why the great icon, Nelson Mandela must not die; perhaps these factors have slight role in his lengthy life span so far.

1.       He is loved In Africa and beyond: Nelson Mandela has achieved something many African leaders and even global leaders have failed to achieve, that is, winning the love of majority of his people. It is very difficult in Africa, for up to 50% of the population of a country to sing the praise of it’s leader in office or out of office. Usually, the people who sing the praise of leaders are those directly benefiting from such leader, or those with tribal link with such Leader. This is something the great Icon has surpassed. He has not just won the love of majority of South Africans; he has crossed the boundary, into all Africa and even beyond to the international community! This is rare!  And many years after he left office, the love never ran out, it seems it goes stronger day after day! Many will go out of their way to pray for the well being of this great man.

Africa’s youngest billionaire says Nigeria is full of opportunities!

Africa’s youngest billionaire Ashish Thakkar on Tuesday said Nigeria is a land of opportunities for investors, despite a cornucopia of negative stories reported about it in the media.

The Uganda-born billionaire told reporters in Abuja, after a private meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, that he found out the difference between perception and reality is embedded in the huge potentials of Nigeria and the way investments flourish in the West African country, even as the international media are flooded with negative reports.

“I think the perception happened to be negative today, but it is a very unfortunate case because when we come here, what we see and what we experience show that Nigeria is a very different place, “ said Thakkar, who holds sway as President of Mara Group Of Companies.

Nigeria: Students Who Trade in Traffic Are Skilful, Enterprising - Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola has commended the skills and enterprise of students who engage in traffic trading stating that it takes high level of mental coordination and expertise to trade in the traffic without hazards.

He said; "I have travelled to many places in the world, but I have not seen where youths trading on the streets run after vehicles with their wares on their heads without falling. The same person who gives change to a buyer is at the same time doing mental sums.

"If you observe the kind of skill level, flexibility and adaptability that is required to carry out those functions, I don't know how many of us can do it. Let nobody come and tell me that Nigerians are not skillful. Let not anybody tell me that they are not enterprising. If that is not a display of skill and enterprise, I do not know what it is.

Tunnel vision: South African Born Elon Musk set to unveil 'hyperloop' super-fast train

The details of his personal life often hit the gossip pages, but PayPal and SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s plans for superfast travel using electromagnetic waves is being taken seriously, writes John Breslin.

WHEN Elon Musk says he has an idea, it’s worth listening. And on Monday, Musk will unveil his thoughts on and plan for super fast travel, 30 minutes from Los Angeles to San Francisco, maybe 45 at some point from LA to New York. 

He calls it the hyperloop and says his “alpha design” for a transport system that will move at twice the speed of airplanes is doable. 

Musk wants to talk to President Obama and the governor of California about his ideas. 

To those who may not have heard of Musk, this is the man who founded the company that is now sending rockets to the international space station and someone who muscled in on the car business — launching a pioneering electric vehicle. He also was involved in PayPal. 

South African MBA Student Wins Global Challenge

VENTURES AFRICA – It is two in a row for the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) after MBA student Brigitte Roediger was chosen as joint winner of the Association of MBAs’ 2013 Global AMBAssador Challenge.

With this achievement Roediger, who is the USB’s Global AMBAssador, follows in the footsteps of Gretchen Arangies, the USB’s previous Global AMBAssador and 2012 winner of the challenge. Arangies is head of Services at the University of Stellenbosch’s Bellville Park Campus where USB is situated. In participating in the Global AMBAssador Challenge, MBA students are expected to do research and write a story about an entrepreneur. Roediger chose to feature USB alumnus Mignon Hardie, who runs the FunDza Literacy Trust, which promotes reading and literacy.

Africa’s most powerful women in tech 2013

Hmmm, Take a look at this new list, do you agree with it?

As South Africa pays tribute to women on Friday 09 August, National Women’s Day, ITNewsAfrica is afforded the opportunity to reflect on the role that female technology professionals play in growing the continent’s ICT sector.

Besides a general tribute to women in South Africa, the public holiday is always associated with the contribution made by women in the development of the country’s multi-racial, democratic society – and advancement in all fields, including science and technology.

Events like the 1956 mass demonstration by the Federation of South African women against the imposition of the pass laws form part of the historical significance of the Day.

More recently, the world was reminded of the global relevance of women in society when, on Friday 12 July 2013, the name Malala Yousafzai was etched into the annals of United Nations (UN) history.

The Pakistani teenager, who made worldwide headlines after surviving a gun-shot wound to the head, inflicted by the Taliban, addressed the global body at its headquarters in New York and spoke of the general rights of women and that of young girls to education.