The creation of Ushahidi - a interpreted in Swahili as “testimony” or “witness” - was spurred by the bloody political crisis that engulfed Kenya after the general elections this year. Ushahidi is the latest effort to “crowd-source” news gathering on unfolding crises in remote areas via e-mail and mobile phones”, writes Forbes magazine, the latest mainstream media to profile the African-designed, award-winning software that has now gone open-source. Ushahidi, an impressive display of African ingenuity, is a collaborative venture started by four Africans - three bloggers and one web developer. “For us to be featured in Forbes magazine is a big deal for many reasons - it speaks to our entrepreneurial approach to social problems, it speaks to the incredible talent we have in Africa that often doesn’t receive the recognition it deserves in the international media, and it says to me that we are on to something.” - Ory, Ushahidi co-founders. Ushahidi has been used in Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa.
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On September 1st 2009 boxing legend Muhammed Ali visited his ancestral home in Ireland. See the story and the pics here. Muhammed Ali though he got his European blood due to slavery (see video), but it turned out he got it from his Irish great-grandfather Abe Grady, who settled in the United States in the 1860s and married a freed African-American slave.
By Chris Ezeh - EAC-Magazine Publisher & MD EuroAfricaCentral Network 
formation of the Ghana American Stock Exchange (GASE), believed to be the first public stock exchange organized exclusively to foster the sale of stock in African and American businesses. 
