African ingenuity blogwatch
From South Africa, a nifty new condom applicator, designed to make it easier to put condoms on and help AIDS prevention. Hat tip to figleaf.
Africa Unchained on Poverty Reduction and Financial Sector Development.
AfriGadget on Bio Latrines in Kenyan Slums.
bankelele blogs from Kenya about Savings accounts that save.
New changes to banking act forbid banks’ from imposing charges on savings account holders as long as they maintain the minimum balance. This will promote a culture of savings, which is important even as real savings rates are negative.
Benin Mwanga, in Africa is Ready for Business, describes the blog of an African entrepreneur, and discusses some African business-related blogs that he will be reviewing for Global Voices.
Bringing Business Opportunities to Life in Nigeria.
Timbuktu Chronicles on Wind and Solar-Powered Cell Phone Networks in Namibia.
sociolingo on African Development Report 2006 and lots of other stuff: positive news of progress from Ghana, an Internet African History Sourcebook, etc.
Africa: World Bank on Africa’s Economy.
Africa’s economic performance since the mid 1990s is a mixture of remarkable progress, stagnation and where some countries have even seriously lagged behind, the World Bank disclosed in its African Development Indicators 2006 (ADI 2006) publication.
Despite the increasingly diverse economic outcomes however, World Bank says that the continent made uniform progress in social outcomes such as health and education, and its pre capita income is also rising along the same levels as other developing nations.
Since I’ve often referenced Kenyan Pundit in past African ingenuity blogwatches, I’ll take this opportunity to congratulate him on the arrival of a new little Kenyan pundit.