July 31st, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Media, TED Africa
Seeing the Challenges in Africa as opportunities…Euvin Naidoo, VP of South Africa’s Standard Bank speaks at TEDGlobal conference, Arusha-Tanzania. He provides the facts and figures, and forces you to see beyond the obvious.
Source: TED
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July 30th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Media, Nigeria
Podcast: Babawilly proffers solution to Nigeria’s political woes.
Enjoy:
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July 26th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Blogosphere, Media, TED Africa
Prepping for the premiere of the conference video of the Arusha TEDGlobal conference in August, TED Blog is featuring postings from some Afro-bloggers, including yours truly. Here are excerpts from Imnakoya:
As one of the missing-in-action Fellows who couldn’t attend the conference, the only rational thing I could do was plug into the mainstream media (MSM)-dominated […]
July 19th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Blogosphere, Media
The 2007 AfricanLoft Cyber Essay Contest
*****Deadeline Extended to August 10. (July 26, 2007)
Pick and Discuss any or all of the following:
My Greatest Life Challenge
- An essay on your greatest life challenge or challenges
My Best Adventure Story
- Present your best adventure story ever
I’m Going to Rant!
- Just rant about an issue that bugs the living daylights […]
July 19th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Human Rights, Media, Nigeria
This is what is causing Sokari (Black Looks) some grief:
A Unicef-sponsored advertisement in Germany which one of her readers call - “well meaning but insulting and paternalistic activism“. The ad features some mud-faced white kids posting as out-of-school African kids - German kids appealing for solidarity with their contemporaries in Africa.
But while some foreigners are […]
