1. Initiatives beat drum for African capital markets – FT. [...] Over the coming months, two exchange operators plan to embark on ambitious projects they say could begin to turn Africa’s fractured capital markets into deep pools of sub-Saharan liquidity.[...]
2. Found a new website. Academic Earth, an aggregator of educational videos. It still a bit sparse. I’d keep the Academic Earth on my radar. Hat-tip Peter Klein.
3. Africa’s Climb to an Internet Revolution -Global Advances. 
Aside from Nigeria, Mauritius and Seychelles exhibit the highest internet penetration rate, at 26.7% and 38.9% respectively. Both of these countries have benefited from a well-established telecommunication infrastructure in the past and smaller land surface areas which helped in avoiding the last mile delivery problem. – Global Advances. Hat-tip -AfricanLoft.
4. Dubai’s Real Estate Crash
Very resourceful, thanks. thanks.
Nowhere is safe. Even Dubai.
Thanks. I have a question Sir. Where can I find other Nigerian blogs like yours?
@ Ult….I would send you a list. Thanks for stopping by.
Hello,
I like statistics but how does this chart change when these numbers are matched to the populations of the said countries?
Going to the same source of data at http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats1.htm
Seychelles is 1st with 38.9% leading a host of small countries like Reunion (FR) and Mauritius.
In the large population countries your have Morocco with 21.3 %, Egypt with 10.5%, crippled Zimbabwe with 10.9%, advanced South Africa with 10.5%, good democratic Ghana with 2.8% and obviously the giant Nigeria with 7.2%.
Africa as a whole has a percentage population penetration of 3.5%.
The question then becomes whether this is a numbers game or a gaping digital divide that leaves Africa seriously lagging in the global competitiveness stakes?
The numbers are good for Africa because it clearly shows there is serious work to be done to on the percentages by boosting the numbers.
Regards,
Akin