Rate of acceptance of homosexuality in Africa

Publics in Africa and in predominantly Muslim countries remain among the least accepting of homosexuality. In sub-Saharan Africa, at least nine-in-ten in Nigeria (98%), Senegal (96%), Ghana (96%), Uganda (96%) and Kenya (90%) believe homosexuality should not be accepted by society. Even in South Africa where, unlike in many other African countries, homosexual acts are legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation is unconstitutional, 61% say homosexuality should not be accepted by society, while just 32% say it should be accepted.

Overwhelming majorities in the predominantly Muslim countries surveyed also say homosexuality should be rejected, including 97% in Jordan, 95% in Egypt, 94% in Tunisia, 93% in the Palestinian territories, 93% in Indonesia, 87% in Pakistan, 86% in Malaysia, 80% in Lebanon and 78% in Turkey.

Elsewhere, majorities in South Korea (59%) and China (57%) also say homosexuality should not be accepted by society; 39% and 21%, respectively, say it should be accepted. South Korean views, while still negative, have shifted considerably since 2007, when 77% said homosexuality should be rejected and 18% said it should be accepted by society.

Ban on homosexuality in Nigeria

with the recent signing of the bill by GEJ on the ban and 14 years jail term for all gay and lesbianism in Nigeria, there have being lots of mixed reactions from different camps both for and against, and over the next few days we will be bringing you graphical and hard figures. so stay tuned

marketing mobile devices to women

as a mobile phone manufacture you need to know the right words or key words or phases to be able to appeal to women, a way to do so is by knowing what they do online while browsing with their devices. for instances if women browse Facebook or twitter more often than other online activities, you could stress the fact that your mobile devices have buttons that takes them straight to social media portals,etc.
correct information can also aid mobile phone manufactures to design their devices to appeal to the female gender.

below is a report carried out by insights Africa to further break down by point.

so based on the graph provided a mobile phone manufacture can produce devices that makes it easy for a user to access google or bing or any other seach engine body with the push of one button etc

happy 2014

happy new year folks, this year i will focus more on economic and technology trends in Africa and beyond