June 18th, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Blogosphere, Event, Sports
The Boston Celtics crushed the LA Lakers to win the 2008 NBA championship. By the time the buzzer sounded for the last time, the score was a stunning 131-92!
It was remarkable watching the Lakers being buried, but seeing Kevin Garnett (KG, above) shed profuse tears of joy was priceless.
Why?
I watched KG struggle […]
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 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 […]
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 16th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Blogosphere, Event, Media, TED Africa
I don’t think it’s immodest to see the June 4-7 2007 TEDGlobal conference as a revolution. Although the conference is several days over, the impact continue to sizzle in the minds of the attendees, and in those who weren’t physically present at the Arusha-Tanzania venue of the conference but tuned in to the sessions via […]
