1. Does the world care that it has been two weeks since 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by terror group Boko Haram and there is still no official response?
[blockquote source=”The New Yorker”]The day after the abduction, the Nigerian military claimed that it had rescued nearly all of the girls. A day later, the military retracted its claim; it had not actually rescued any of the girls. And the number that the government said was missing, just over a hundred, was less than half the number that parents and school officials counted: according to their tally, two hundred and thirty-four girls were taken.[/blockquote]
2. The 15th annual Harare International Festival of the Arts is ON. Hundreds of performances ranging from music to fashion to theater to poetry, captivate the city for the week-long global fest.
3. The worlds deadliest animal is the…mosquito? Bill Gates unpacks it.
4. In South Africa, Public Defender Thuli Madonsela is speaking #truthtopower.
5. The New York African Film Festival announced the line-up. From Half of a Yellow Sun to Confusion Na Wa, film enthusiasts have a lot to be excited about.
6. Morgan Tsvangirai, the head of Zimbabwe’s opposition-in-name-only party was ousted by his comrades.
7. Sigh.
8. Where are Africa’s tech hubs? Here’s a current 2014 map of tech hubs in Africa. From what we can tell there may be a few missing. Muzinda Hub and Hypercube Hub in Zimbabwe…
9. What are we watching on YOUTUBE? Here are the top five channels including Nigerian-owned powerhouse iRoko TV.
Africa Redux Founder Chi Kaitano.
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