"Some people have written off the Continent completely," Mr. Rimer said.
It's the sort of homely, no-frills South American cuisine that's not easy to find off the continent.
He benefited, too, from a widespread neglect of Africa in the 1990s, when outside governments largely wrote off the continent as too poor and troubled to matter.
With the weather going down and a sinking feeling that we'd miss our flight off the continent, I stopped writing and hunkered down for a few days of tent-bound living.
The two animals are infamous for killing off the continent's native species, and they've been the targets of numerous government-backed eradication campaigns.
During and after the Geeks Africa trip, McClure also noted 500 Startups' focus on ventures that can scale on and off the continent.
For now, Greece can stay; but it skittered perilously close to getting voted off the Continent, mostly by Germany, which seems to control the votes.
The grandfather from the Isle of Man has steadily ticked off the continents' highest points since then.
We don't want to hurt anyone, so, if you could just clear off one continent, we think we can keep unintended fatalities to a minimum.
The initiatives lend more weight to Naspers' venture activities in Africa as the company has received greater attention for investments off the continent (namely Europe, India and China), as covered in this TechCrunch story.
