Madécasse

Malagasy chocolate maker Madécasse is transforming the chocolate business and improving communities in Madagascar. The historical practices of the global chocolate industry have negatively impacted developing countries. Currently, 85% of the world’s cocoa is grown in Africa, but less than 1% of the chocolate is made there. Madécasse is shifting chocolate production to the source in order to bridge the gap between poverty and potential in Madagascar.

Learn more about the story and watch the cool 2 min video at the bottom of the homepage.

Elephants Without Borders

That's right! Elephants sans frontières!

Picture from EWB website

I really enjoyed this BBC video about elephants thriving in Botswana. I learned about two interesting things - this wonderful organization EWB, and the existence of political refugee elephants!

EWB is gathering a lot of information and learning more and more about these majestic creatures. See this Animal Planet video that suggests that elephants have very complex intellectual processes. Founder Dr.Mike Chase has a doctorate in Elephant Ecology and loves these giants with a passion.

Rapper Museveni!

Yes, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, after 24 years in office, is now a hip-hop star. Yes, Sevo!

1987 Archive Photo in which Rapper meets Actor

Charity: Water

A wonderful idea to donate your birthday and builds wells to provide clean drinking water to entire villages in Africa (and around the world). Watch the video here. Check out the Website.

Endangered White Rhino

"Only eight white rhinoceros are left in the world, and conservationists face a race against time to get the animals to breed in the wild again."

Here is a heartening video of Stephen Fry feeding a baby white Rhino in Kenya.

The True Size of Africa

Wow! Does this put Africa's true size in perspective or what?