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Hoppet (Leaps and Bounds), a film by Peter Naess of Sweden has won the 3rd Lola Kenya Screen Golden Mboni Award in Nairobi, Kenya.

The 86-minute Hoppet beat a strong field of 24 well crafted, award-winning international films that competed in seven categories.

Little Knowledge is Dangerous has won the Kids For Kids Africa prize.

This film was written, animated, shot and directed by Samora Michelle, Adede Hawi NyOdero and Karama K Ogova during the 2nd Lola Kenya Screen film production workshop conducted by Maikki Kantola of Finland for Project Anima of Denmark in 2007.

After a disappointing performance in the 1990s, Kenya’s economy has now resumed the path of growth, having achieved a GDP annual growth rate of 6.1% in 2006 compared to 0.6% in 2002. It is now necessary to build on that momentum in order to sustain economic growth.

Emperor Menilik of 1844 was a key modernizer of Ethiopia, being the first to introduce the telephone into Ethiopia (despite his nobilities resisting the technology convinced it’s the work of the devil), the first modern bank, railroad, and the first one to attempt abolishing slavery and women’s oppression.

Last Monday the associated press come up with an interesting news regarding the
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi apologies to Libya” for damage inflicted by Italy during the colonial era and signed a five-billion-dollar investment deal by way of compensation.”

Thank God you’re reading. Not just this article, anything at all. Reading entertains, informs and earns you great knowledge and en passant, it keeps your brain working.

The Youth Media and Communication Initiative (YMCI), an umbrella organisation of Nigerian children and youth has petitioned President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua of Nigeria on the need for Nigeria to ratify the African Youth Charter (AYC).

Every morning around 5, I wake up with the AZAN of the nearby mosque. It is every day and I almost adopt the sound.