Shout-Africa Sports – Cape Town – England striker Wayne Rooney apologised on Saturday to England fans after criticising them for jeering the team following the 0-0 Soccer World Cup draw with Algeria. Rooney shouted into a TV camera as he left the field in Cape Town on Friday: “It’s nice to see your own fans booing you.” The Manchester United forward blamed his comments on his frustration at England’s second successive drab draw in South Africa. Rooney failed to score against the United States in the Group C opener, having also failed to hit the net in four matches at... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, June 20th 2010 |
Shout-Africa Sports – CAPE TOWN – An England fan who breached security to get into the team’s dressing room after their lacklustre 0-0 draw with Algeria told them: “You are a disgrace”, according to tabloid, the Sunday Mirror. Pavlos Joseph, 32, said he was looking for the toilet after the game when he mistakenly found his way into the dressing room in Cape Town, where he stumbled upon David Beckham and a naked Joe Cole. “Suddenly David spoke. He took a step towards me and said, ‘Whoa, who are you?'” Joseph told the paper. “I said, I’m Pavlos and I... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, June 20th 2010 |
Jobs Chief Executive Officer The great majority of people living in rural Africa rely on the food they grow and the animals they keep to survive. Faced with harsh conditions, a paucity of essential resources, and limited access to markets, subsistence farmers have a constant struggle. FARM-Africa was founded in 1985 with a mission to offer marginal farmers, herders and forest dwellers pathways out of poverty through participation in community-supported, technologically innovative and market linking projects that tap into people’s desire and capacity to improve their lives. A registered charity with an office in the UK, over 90% of FARM-Africa’s... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, June 19th 2010 |
Shout Africa News LONDON– The Com World Series is proud to introduce Nigeria Com, following 2 exceptional years for West & Central Africa Com in Abuja, Nigeria, the Com Series has launched the dedicated Nigeria Com event in Lagos, at the heart of Nigeria’s business centre. Nigeria is Africa’s largest telecoms market, and the opportunities for continued growth are exceptional. Now Nigeria Com organisers Informa Telecoms & Media are delighted to announce 17 Nigerian operator speakers, 8 of whom are CxO level representatives. This premier conference and exhibition will welcome senior-level presenters from MTN Nigeria, Starcomms, Etisalat Nigeria, Pinet Informatics,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, June 19th 2010 |
By James Kokulo Fasuekoi – I was born in a relatively small and secluded town in northern Liberia where until the civil war that spurred a mass exodus, only a few ever made it to the outside world. This is because foreign travel is the least thing on the minds of traditional Lorma people, a tribe whose livelihood for generations centered on farming, fishing, hunting and handy work such as the manufacturing of farming implements. Their settlement begins from the Zorzor-Gizema area and stretches hundreds of kilometres north into upland Voinjama Lofa County; and then hundreds more northeast into the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, June 19th 2010 |
