The Daily IIJ

By James Ratemo in Nairobi Businesses and the media can shun online platform at their own peril as consumers spend more time on the Internet. Research shows consumers are increasingly heading online for goods and services as traditional forms of distribution lose grip.

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Former President Corazon Aquino was named by Time Magazine as one of the “25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century” joining the ranks of Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks, Nobel laureate Mother Theresa and even music icon Madonna among others.

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SIX NAMES have been announced as laureates for this year’s World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Awards to be held in Doha, Qatar, from December 7 to 9. The laureates, who were selected based on their exemplary projects to transform education in the world include Mushtaq Chhapra from Pakistan, Ayla Goksel from Turkey, Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, [...]

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Attack on journalists, crime against humanity —Sambo From JULIANA TAIWO, Abuja Saturday, November 6, 2010 http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/nov/06/national-06-11-2010-003.htm The Vice President, Namadi Sambo has described as crime against humanity the attack on journalists sometimes resulting in death. Sambo also stressed the need for high premium insurance policy for journalists. The Vice President, who unveiled the Nigeria Union of Journalists Insurance [...]

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One month after his arrival in Sierra Leone, newly appointed United States Ambassador Michael S. Owen inspected USAID-funded rural development projects in Kailahun District. On his first trip to the provinces, Ambassador Owen took a conducted tour of an agricultural project implemented by the PAGE program and visited a modern cassava processing center constructed by [...]

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The suspended Commissioner General of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) Allieu Sesay and four others yesterday made a plea of not guilty when the fifty seven count charges were read to them at the Freetown High Court N0.1 before Justice Samuel E. Ademusu.

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The former Superintendent of Police who is now serving as Sierra Leone’s Principal Immigration Officer (P.I.O.) Alpha Kholifa Koroma seems to be using his old policing tactics to deprive his subordinates of their basic human rights. The P.I.O. allegedly has turned the Immigration Office into a laughing stock in the Country.

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Even though Prersident Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma is preaching attitudinal and behavioural change in our society, there seems to be some scrupulous individuals and organizations that are frustrating government and the President’s effort.

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It has been empirically established that there is great potential in volunteerism alleviating social ills and advancing national development. The impact of volunteerism and its activities result in huge benefits for civil participation and social inclusion. Volunteerism, provides the much needed local solutions to local problems as it ensures the enhancement of the pool of [...]

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Be it known or not known, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a widely accepted problem for many African girl child. FGM remains a health hazard, and a serious concern for many women activists in the continent i.e Africa. Women continue to face the consequences of the practice in numerous ways: it remains one of the [...]

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