January 12th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Botswana, China, Education, Environment, Governance, Hibiscus Project, Somalia
Idland: The better critique of the Oprah critique
Another excellent post on Oprah’s Academy. The question raised by Financial Times - I have also asked on this site, and it’s one I have yet to find a good answer to, not even from Inland. One thing that I have noticed is why some sensible questions always […]
January 11th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Activism, Corruption, Democracy, Governance, Niger-Delta, Nigeria, Oil
In Nigeria, gaining access to national data (of relevance) on the Internet can be likened to squeezing water out of a rock. When I received the (unofficial) figures for the states as estimated by the 2006 census, I did one of the things I had wanted to do in a long while: cross-tab the monthly […]
January 8th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in China, Conflict, Governance, Hibiscus Project, Niger-Delta, Nigeria, Oil
“Five Chinese telecommunications workers have been kidnapped by unidentified armed men in southern Nigeria”, according to a BBC report. I wonder how this will impact the Sino-Nigeria business and trade arrangements which requires hundreds of Chinese technicians and expatriates. to be domiciled in Nigeria for several years. There is no doubt that the provision of […]
January 5th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Links
SF Gate: Postcards are Poignant Reminder of Colonial Africa
Tag: [tag]Africa[/tag] [tag]Colonialism[/tag]
Asia Times Online: China News - China in Africa: From Capitalism to Colonialism
Tag: [tag]Hibiscus Project[/tag] [tag]Africa[/tag] [tag]China[/tag]
ABC News: Oprah’s academy: Why Educating Girls Pays Off More
Tag: [tag]Education[/tag] [tag]South Africa[/tag] [tag]Oprah[/tag]
How to Change the World: A Review of My First Year of Blogging
Tag: [tag]Blogosphere[/tag] [tag]Blogging[/tag]
Life […]
January 4th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Blogosphere, ICT, Technology, Web 2.0
Last month, while interacting with Joshua Wanyama, a Kenyan web developer based in Minneapolis, and one the brains behind the nascent African news/blog portal, African Path, it felt I was listening to my own speech. That was how relevant his portal is to me, and I’m sure the other bloggers that have posted about the […]
