Global Voices Online

Afrigadget posted a video-interview that Eric Kabera (the maker of the genocide film “100 days” and inventor of Hillywood - Rwanda’s version of Hollywood) had with a young bycicle-taxi driver in Rwanda that customized his vehicle to attract more customers, showing that “not all inventiveness is utilitarian (or, business can be fun and fun can mean more business…)”.

Bankelele wonders whether Africa has to reform or develop: “Rwanda is on the fast path to being an ICT powerhouse. They may get there, but we have the beach, undersea cable etc. - all we have to do is wait to benefit from them. Uganda and Sudan have oil – but so what? It will have to pass through here.”

Is your rear view mirror stolen? What if you buy it back?: “So how does one handle the rear view mirror situation in Kigali? Well first, I ask the owner of the restaurant to ask his cooks whether they can’t buy the mirrors straight back from the thieves at a discount.”

Hayspiration discusses ICTs and development in Africa: “For the developing countries to put themselves in the map of the world and turn themselves into countries with quality citizens there is a need to employ the integration of ICT into their day to day life.”

Dubai World, Dubai's real estate investment holding company, announced plans to invest $230 million in the Rwandan tourism industry [Fr], writes Addax.

Dennis Matanda writes about Africa asking: “What is the standard of African genocide? At what stage do we say is enough is enough? Is it when 1,000,000 people or 250,000 have died? Is it genocide if there is a battle between two tribes or one nationality against another?”

Oro blogs Connect Africa, a two-day summit held in Rwanda to address Africa's connectivity challenges.

Dr. Lucy Spelman blogs about the plight of Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda: “I'd just started out on a hike near Visoke with friends when I got a call from Elisabeth (the ORTPN vet tech) saying that a young female gorilla in Kwitonda group had been snared and was still attached to a tree.”