This is a note of thanks and a word of encouragement to our good friend and colleague Timothy Kalyegira, who
founded and edits the Africa Almanac.
Timothy, in your unusual way, you have been an inspiration to a lot of people.
May this website finally do what a lot of other efforts have failed: inspire Africans to think positively.
Simwogerere Kyazze
Kampala, Uganda
December 14, 2000
Good job on the Almanac.
I was trying to find a place for constructive criticism...well so far I have found none. Once again bravo!
Charles Galiwango MD, MBA
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
December 8, 2000
Well done! The online Almanac is really a brilliant idea. I will be checking it out quite often.
Frederick Wamala,
London School of Economics
London, England
December 8, 2000
This is poised to be the mother of all sites and I greatly encourage you.
I'd like to nominate Starehe Boys' Centre in Nairobi as being one of the best schools in Africa. I'm sure you'll do your own
investigations about this, but this is a school that takes 70% disadvantaged and poor boys and trains them through, not just academics, but the whole person of the boy, to become a man.
To the best of my
knowledge, Starehe has to it's credit one Olympic Gold medallist (Paul Ereng, 800m), several National and Provincial championships in swimming, table tennis, cross country, volleyball and basketball.
Starehe has churned out the largest number of Presidential Award Gold medal holders than any other school in Kenya (the PA scheme is an endurance expedition where the Gold expedition takes participants to Mount
Kilimanjaro), has twice (since I last counted) turned out to be the cleanest and best organized school in Kenya (beat even the girls schools). Apart from this, Starehe produces among the best results in O-level (now
that A-level has been scraped in Kenya).
Geoffrey Griffin, who founded the school in 1959 together with 2 other Kenyans, devouted their lives to making sure that boys who pass through Starehe are disciplined,
mature and able to tackle the world.
In my opinion, they have greatly succeeded.
That's it for now and congratulations on this beautiful site.
Geoffrey Okao
Kampala, Uganda
December 4, 2000
What a start! Excellent piece of work. A great deal of time and resources must have gone into this I am greatly impressed. The future looks good.
Alan Kasujja
London, England
December 6, 2000
The website is wonderful and I look forward to what could crytalise into Africa's greatest and best information site within the next few years. Just need to keep up and improve on
the way stories are rated (I mean as in your Top 20 stories). For instance bringing in some sports news of big African achievements is healthy.
Moses Mugalu
Kampala. Uganda
December 7, 2000
I must commend you for your courage, determination and love to inform. Be sure, few people can match your ways. I am sure you are joining the books of Ugandans that have a heart for others.
Once again Kudos and all the best.
Henry Bongyereire
Kampala, Uganda
December 7, 2000
I just wrote to say that I am very grateful for the service that you are going to
provide not only the people who are not in Africa, but especially for the people in Africa who do not know these facts.
I am especially happy that now, all I have to do is go to your website and be assured of
first hand information and news.
To the people who designed this website: I have seen alot - But This Is Great Work. The colours are really regal.
Dennis Matanda,
Kampala, Uganda
December 8, 2000
Thanks for this no mean contribution for the advancement of Africa. I can assure you I 'm in your website audience. And will share information, time permitting.
Benison Bariyo
Maputo, Mozambique
December 4, 2000
Congratulations on the launch of your new website! I have just looked at it. Very impressive! Good job! It is about time that somebody put
a positive face on Africa.
Melody Corry
Washington DC, USA
December 4, 2000
Hurray! This is great.
I have browed through, the idea/concept is really great. No
news or piece of information is without an interest. As you have correctly discerned, it is naive for us to think that the "western media" is altruistic/apolitical/objective to a fault.
They have
interests, blind spots just like us. It is our responsibilty to speak for ourselves, and that is what you are doing.
Moses Mwalye
Tokyo, Japan
December 3, 2000
Great
Website, hope it kicks off. A sport and a music section would be a great way of positively promoting Africa, for instance [Nigerian football striker Nwankwo] Kanu has a heart foundation here in the U.K where he brings
kids from Africa for treatment.
Nick Cavell
London, England
November 27, 2000
I will be looking at your website, I think it is a really good idea
Rhona Baingana
Kampala, Uganda
