November 30th, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Darfur, Human Rights, Sudan
Phillip Bohwasi, writes via African Business Executive:
“Africa has had problems with its leaders, a majority of whom were elected into power through popular revolution; but found no checks and balances for the misuse of power in place…Leadership is the cornerstone of all processes of revitalization. Leaders are in short supply and must be revitalized and […]
November 30th, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Event, Media, TED Africa, Tanzania
If the program line-up of speakers at the upcoming TED African conference is anything to go by, it promises to be a an awesome experience:
“The program line-up of 50 speakers — like all TEDs — includes inventors, business-leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, designers, artists, writers, activists, musicians and mavericks. But they have this in common. They are […]
November 30th, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Blogosphere, Darfur, Sudan
The “We Blog for Darfur” (WBD) project is receiving some attention from the mainstream media, the first stoplight comes from Mark Jones, the global community editor of Reuters, who wonders “if its wise to start a new blogging initiative or focus on existing ones.”
It’s encouraging (at least to me) to see Reuters writes about WBD […]
November 29th, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Democracy, Nigeria
The Nigerian vice President is on a row. Despite all odds and severe opposition from the incumbent president, he made a formal declaration to run for president last weekend. Several hours ago, that odds has been reduced, even further: “Legal moves investigating corruption allegations against Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar have been quashed by the High Court in Lagos.”
The High court ruling […]
November 29th, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, ICT, Nigeria
The 2006 African ICT Achievers Awards, the “Oscar” of the region’s ICT sector, recognizes Edward Popoola as the ICT Educator/Academic in Africa. Edward is Nigerian Youth ICT4D. There were 15 award categories in all, and as expected several of those went to recipients in the south-eastern axis of the continent. Via Global Voices Online.
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