African Path to broadcast the Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana online
Category: Sports

Minneapolis, MN – African Path announced today that they will broadcast live matches from the 26^th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations: Ghana 2008.  The games will be online at http://tv.africanpath.com.

The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier sporting event on the African continent that occurs on a biannual basis in January and February. By broadcasting these games online, African Path will be joining the ranks of some of the great African internet properties providing both entertainment and news for the continent.

"We are excited with this offering. All along, African Path's goal is to offer great content for its visitors while providing Africans with a stage for them to own and tell their stories on the global stage." Says an enthusiastic Joshua Wanyama, owner of African Path.

"The Africa Cup of Nations is the ultimate continental sporting event and our participation in covering North America ensures our commitment to Africa and its cultures."

The games will begin on the 20^th of January and run till the 10^th of February. During these 21 days, 16 African countries including Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Benin, Egypt, Cameroon, Sudan, Zambia, Tunisia, Senegal, South Africa and Angola will compete in group and knock out round matches to determine the continent's football champions. Egypt won the 2006 edition.

Live and on demand matches will be made available so that site customers can watch at any time. Game summaries will also be streamed an hour after the game ends.

About African Path

African Path is an online portal that allows Africans to tell their own stories on the global stage. While most representation of Africa outside the continent is by foreign media houses, African Path provides the platform for Africans to express themselves. The site features daily headlines, opinion and commentary; social networking and video content.

Visit us today http://www.africanpath.com, http://village.africanpath.com

For comprehensive business news in Africa: http://www.cheetahindex.com

African Cup of Nations Live Broadcast: http://tv.africanpath.com/TVPlayerPage.cfm

For further information please contact us:

African Path

editor@africanpath.com

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African Path launches social networking site

Minneapolis, MN  December 17, 2007 - African Path (www.africanpath.com) has just launched the African Path Village (http://village.africanpath.com). African Path works at providing Africans with a platform where they can own and tell their stories on the global stage.

"The Village will allow our site visitors to connect and share the unique cultures from within Africa," says Joshua Wanyama, founder of African Path. "We strive to provide a great online space that represents the continent. We are excited about the African Path Village as we have now opened doors for a lot of people to tell their stories while interacting with friends and family on our space."

The growth of online communities has also made it possible for people to connect and discover new worlds. The African Path Village will facilitate this connection while providing the added benefit of news and opinion content from our flagship site African Path and our business site Cheetah Index.

This additional service allows African Path to better serve a growing number of site visitors seeking to connect with African culture, access breaking news and opinion on the continent and discover new businesses serving the African communities worldwide.

About African Path

African Path is an online portal that allows Africans to tell their own stories on the global stage. While most representation of Africa outside the continent is by foreign media houses, African Path provides the platform for Africans to express themselves. The site features daily headlines, opinion and commentary through our comprehensive blogs and an interactive calendar.

Visit us today http://www.africanpath.com, http://village.africanpath.com

For comprehensive business news in Africa: http://www.cheetahindex.com

For further information please contact us:

African Path

242 W Franklin Av, Ste. 301

Minneapolis, MN 55404

Phone: 612 424 5459

Benin "Mwangi" Brown

benin (at) africanpath.com

Joshua Wanyama

Joshua (at) africanpath.com

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The First Nöella
Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping

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Newsletter 04
Category: Blogging

Blog Posts

What Is The Revolution?
Rodgerick Williams dissects race relations and culture in America. He draws comparisons to Africa and explains why African and African Americans will be best served to join the revolution. So what is the revolution? Find out more from this article.

Gather the Women and Save the World!
Rita explains the unique position African women occupy and why they should get together to effect change. This is why she formed African Women Connect: A movement to connect all African women to determine shared values, core beliefs, strengths and weaknesses.

The American Dream!?
Oliver Wekesa wonders why so many people leave Kenya/Africa in search of a better life in the US. When most return back home, they are jaded, tired and have little to show for themselves. So, does the American dream exist?

Can't Read Or Won't Read?
Acolyte wonders whether Kenyans lack a reading culture. He examines various sources of printed material, literacy and the cost of books and magazines in Kenya. How do they impact our ability? Find out more.

Mugabe running on empty
Joshua Wanyama takes a stab at Robert Mugabe's regime. With all the strikes and general shutdown of the Zimbabwean economy, how long does Mugabe have? Can he still right the ship or is the country at a point of no return?

These are just a few of the articles put up in the past week. Visit our blog for more articles.

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Newsletter 03
Category: Blogging

There are a number of hot button issues and topics that I would like to point out for everyone to take a look at and participate in the ongoing discussion.

Dennis Matanda attempts to convince people why his position on the re-colonization of Africa is valid. It has sparked some cry and White African writes a brief commentary of why this stance is taboo in Africa. The ongoing discussion is quite telling.

For those aspiring to run businesses or knee-deep in it, Emmanuel Oluwatosin provides some insight in ways to manage your business. I think the article works well for both businesses and development and management of one's career.

In the today's fickle world of "What have you done for me lately?" Jonty Fisher looks at Thabo Mbeki and his legacy. Crime threatens to destroy all the good he has done. A second post wonders on the increase in crime. Is this perceived or a real threat to South Africa? In the same measure, a leading story today has businesses pressuring Mbeki on SA's crime rate.  

Finally, Elie Smith muses over athletes and the issue of citizenship and remembering where one comes from. With the prominent role athletes play in today's society, how much is a nation embodied and how should foreign-born or foreigners born in Africa choose their country of representation?

What are your thoughts on the above issues? Let us hear it. Post a comment on each of the articles stating your position.

Update 

African Path works with different products to ensure the best service to our readers. Bookmarks allow site visitors to save a web page and return later for quick browsing. We are working with Muti, a bookmarking web site representing Africa. On each blog, the Muti bookmark is displayed prominently. Please feel free to sign up and use this service.

Read about Muti and Neville Newey here.

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Newsletter 02
Category: Blogging

Lots of things are currently going on in Africa. The African Union are meeting this week in Addis Ababa and Sudan attempts to dodge all the questions concerning Darfur. Archibishop Desmond Tutu wants the AU to increase the healthcare budget to 15% as had been promised in 2001.

Blogging 

There are a number of hot button issues and topics that I would like to point out for everyone to take a look at and participate in the ongoing discussion.

In a week where the African Union meets in Addis Ababa to discuss its agenda for 2007, Elie Smith points out its failure and the impact on Somalia, Western Sahara and the Democratic Republic of Congo.  

In another Elie Smith post, the BBC has both a calming effect on a child and causes distress to the father.

Dro Ameh reports, on the sentencing of a Nigerian man to death by stoning for admitting to gay relations. 

Our new blogger Al Kags comments on the just completed World Social Forum. It has great talk but no walk.

For all the lovers of Nollywood, Wole Oguntokun reminds you what to love and hate about the production standards of Nigerian movies.

Do you know what goes on in Burundi? Desire-Joseph Katihabwa provides various stories on the tragedy that has befallen his nation while seeking ways to rise up from the ashes and heal the trauma most Burundians feel. As he aptly puts it, "Justice will one day reign in the Nation of Burundi, both Hutu and Tutsi will teach children about the mistakes of past generations so that it never is allowed again."

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Newsletter 01
Category: Blogging

Blogging
There are a number of hot button issues and topics that I would like to point out for everyone to take a look at and participate in the ongoing discussion.

Dennis Matanda put up a post calling for the re-colonization of Africa. He claims that institutions in the West are better run and produce better leaders than what we have in Africa. Bringing back our former colonizers will solve Africa's problems. 

Joshua Wanyama argues back that colonization is not a solution nor is fascination with the West. African problems can and should be solved by Africans and everyone has to play a role in becoming the change we want to see.

Jonty Fisher comments on South Africa's role in peace keeping in Africa and whether the government should commit troops for Somalia. What do you think? 

What are your thoughts on the above positions? Do you have a better solution? Let us hear it. Sign up as a registered reader to post comments. We won't send you spam or sell your contact information.

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African Bloggers

African Path's official launch was on the 1st of January, 2007. So far, we have had a pleasant welcome into the African blogosphere, we have met a lot of people who share a love for Africa and the a unique vision of where we as Africans can go.

The current number of bloggers who have posted on African Path stands at 15. Of the 15 bloggers, 14 are male and we have 1 woman! To me, this is a very sad statistic. I have been working in trying to improve these numbers and actually get to a 50-50 balance on the site.

I would like to urge any female bloggers or anyone who knows a female blogger who might be interested in a project such as African Path to contact me.

I appreciate all the help and support I have received till now and I look forward to working with more people from various backgrounds and perspectives. Thank you.

Joshua Wanyama

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African Path Vision
Category: Blogging

While researching this project, I have come in contact with a number of African bloggers significantly covering and addressing issues within the continent. Some you may know while others you will come in contact with the more you explore the web and the blogosphere. Some of the more prominent bloggers are Ory Onkolloh of Kenyapundit, Sokari for Black Looks, Imnakoya for Grandoise Parlor, Zimbawean Pundit, Emeka Okafor for Timbuktu Chronicles, Ndasanjo Macha and many others. Their thoughts are well documented within their blogs, but it is their actions away from the computer that holds the greatest power.

If a person can influence the life of one who is in a position to influence 5 more, then we are making the world better (or worse, depending on the influence) through the 6 degrees of separation concept. Of all the raw materials available for human beings to effect change and progress towards a better life, knowledge is the greatest. In my experience, it is not the text books that hold the most value, but rather how to apply the knowledge gleaned from these books.

I find blogs have the same effect. They are the collective thoughts and experiences of regular or spectacular human beings going through day to day life, looking to better their situation and effect change within their sphere. This in turn gives growth to wider ideas as they interact with others and soon you have a progressive group of people who are looking to build on their experiences, past mistakes and make a better tomorrow. An example would be the Hibiscus Project currently being discussed between African and Chinese bloggers. From such a breeding ground for ideas and experiences, positive action will spring.

It has been my vision since I was a kid to do something that would help me grow and have people within my immediate sphere benefit from it. I have had a love for Africa from the first time I read an atlas and studied different African countries, their people, languages, capital cities and leaders, both past and present.

The one thing I have found to lack in Africa is a unified voice to rally behind which will help us become more self-reliant and free ourselves from mental slavery. It is not a person that we need, but more knowledge on how to uplift ourselves. The growth of the Internet and blogging as an activity presents a unique opportunity to create a unified voice for African and put us on a path towards a common goal.

We have had Kwame Nkurumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Patrice Lumumba, Steve Biko, Nelson Mandela and many more leaders who have come before us. They were the visionaries working hard to get their views and goals presented to the masses. And people rallied behind them and followed them and found ways to improve their lives or at least have hope for tomorrow.

Within the African blogs I have read, I have seen Biko, Nkurumah, Lumumba, Mandela and other leaders. These are our leaders of today. Common people with unique ideas. They possess grand visions and day to day experiences on how technology in Togo will also work in Botswana. How Moroccan cooking will translate into a successful restaurant in Abidjan. They present famous and not so famous musicians and artists who came before us and what was unique about them. The web celebrates all these facets of Africa. Providing information on democracy and oppression in different lands and how the world can help to solve the problems we face each day. Our rich, proud and great continent! From this melting pot springs forth African Path.

There is an Adinkra saying (Wo nsa dam u a) from whose symbol our brand is based off, "If your hands are in the dish, people do not eat everything and leave you nothing." African Path is all encompassing. We cover discussions on politics, entertainment, daily lives, technology, sports, music, health, war and development. African Path is all about Africa and will be driven by content provided by bloggers, professionals within specific fields, news feeds from mainstream media, health and human rights organizations and programs with not-for-profit organizations.

Everyone will have a say. We would like to encourage site visitors to contribute through comments, letters to the editor and submission of your events so we can highlight what you are doing. If you are also interested, you can sign up to become a blogger on the site. We will then add you to our growing list and provide you with an opportunity to participate in creating these ideal connections.

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