February 28th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Democracy, ICT, Media, Nigeria, Web 2.0
Should the upcoming elections in Nigeria be decided by the candidates’ web presence and the creativity of their Websites, there is already a clear winner: Jimi Agaje the DPA candidate for Lagos state.
Agaje’s campaign Website is fashioned after social network site of Barack Obama, the black US democrat gunning for the white house. Given my […]
February 26th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, America, Diaspora, Event, Media
It appears gone are the days when the Oscar (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences) used to be a “white-only-event”, prompting Chris Rock to tag the event as a “million white men marchâ€.
But that was several years ago. Last night, two African American won two of the four major acting awards: Best Actor (Forest […]
February 25th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in America, Environment
Yes, that is snow right on my patio. The Upper midwest (and some cities on eastern sea-board of the U.S) is blanketed with snow. Several cities have had to declare snow emergency. Several people are snowed-in, and several events and flights have been canceled since the storm started late Friday. It appears the snow-show will […]
February 23rd, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Blogosphere, Business and Entrepreneurship, Conflict, Diaspora, Egypt, Environment, Ethiopia, Governance, ICT, Niger, Niger-Delta, Oil, Web 2.0
Benn Loxo Du Taccu: Groovy Naija
African Shirts: Plaut and Hearing - Embattled Nigerian Vice President’s interview on World Today
NYT: Egypt: Blogger Gets 4 Years- An Alexandria court sentenced a blogger, Abdel Kareem Nabil, to four years in prison for insulting Islam and Egypt’s president through his Internet writings.
BBC: Oil worker shot dead in Nigeria
Via TechCruch: […]
February 22nd, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Blogosphere, Media
The African blogosphere just got a big boost from one of the major global news agencies: [tag]Reuters[/tag].
Reuters Africa is a new commercial website dedicated to pan-African news and financial data, according to a press release from the news agency. The site features “an interactive map to access local Reuters news across the continent, organized by […]
