June 29th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Governance, Media
… in a Convoy of 100+ cars and 500 people to attend the [tag]African Union Summit[/tag] starting on July 1.
[tag]Gaddafi[/tag]: Flamboyant, check. Interesting, check. Charismatic, check. Trendy and goodlooking, check. Is he also a “big-thinker” or psychotic? He’s been calling for the unification of African nations under a “United States of Africa”. Another U.S.A?
Is this […]
June 29th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Governance, Nigeria
Yar ‘Adua is after my heart…being the first elected President to publicly declare personal assets in Nigeria. The man is worth some $5 million dollars, now he has my attention and respect. Let’s see how many member of his cabinet will follow suit.
June 27th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Media, TED Africa
Hash’s (at White African) blog response (“Where were the Hippos?â€) to the Economist article on the TED African conference is interesting. This is the statement that provoked the Hash:
There were notably few of the hard-knuckle African politicians who often run the interior or defence ministry or act as kingmakers, sometimes bankrolling rotten presidents. - […]
June 25th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Blogosphere, Media
For the last 24-36 hours or so all posts/ back links for AfricanLoft’s on Technorati come up as “Nigeria Blog Aggregator” - has anyone observed same? See here
June 22nd, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Blogosphere, Media
I know this guy - the “Mental Acrobat” of Kenyan blogosphere!
Some home-based bloggers (in Kenya) are getting some prime-time exposure in the American mainstream media. Daudi and other bloggers are featured in a McClatchy* Bureau article on African Bloggers. Daudi blogs at Mentalacrobatics, he’s also the co-founder of Kenyan Blog Ring. I’m not surprised. He’s […]
