A place to submit your stories of failure in Africa.
Rule: you must provide at least ONE alternative idea, or suggestion, on how this could have been a success.
Posted: April 1st, 2009 | Author: afromusing | Filed under: Company Fail, Sign Fail | Tags: africa, fail, Failure, sign, signage, south africa | No Comments »
Snapped in Newtown. Newtown, which is ironically one of the oldest parts of Joburg

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Posted: March 6th, 2009 | Author: Ukwelii | Filed under: Company Fail, Picture Fail | Tags: bus, children, fail, school, vehicle | 2 Comments »
Tinted windows? Really? C’mon…That’s just wrong now.
Mini-Bus? No, More like Mega-FAIL!

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Posted: January 30th, 2009 | Author: David | Filed under: Company Fail, Government Fail | Tags: infrastructure, nigeria, satellite | 2 Comments »
Nigeria’s $340m satellite (NigComSat-1) launched in May 2007 meant to bridge the digital divide turns out to be nothing short of a spectacular FAIL. In Nov 2008, the satellite suddenly disappeared without a trace leading to rumors of sabotage and a massive scam. Nigerian officials claim it had lost power and had to be “parked, like you would park a car”. It is supposedly now under repair (in space?).
That money could have been put to better use repairing Nigeria’s ailing infrastructure and creating employment.
AFRIFAIL!
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Posted: January 30th, 2009 | Author: Ntoko Ndemi | Filed under: Failure, Product Fail | Tags: africa, football, world cup | 2 Comments »
The 2010 World Cup logo by South Africa is a travesty. A player is doing a bicycle kick overlayed against the colors of South Africa in the shape of the continent. Someone has even created a “Not the 2010 Logo” site in response.

One man’s reaction:
“[It looks like] a frog jumping over a pork chop.”
What could they have done to make this better? A different design - something less busy.
2010_logo_large.jpg (51 KB)
This post was submitted by Ntoko Ndemi.