June 6th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Nigeria, TED Africa
Ethan Zuckerman, one of the bloggers attending the [tag]TEDGlobal07[/tag] conference in Arusha,-Tanzania writes:
Franco Sacchi, an Italian filmmaker living in Boston, has just produced a remarkable film about Nollywood. [tag]Nollywood[/tag] is the third largest film industry in the world, after Hollywood and Bollywood. The Nigerian film industry makes 2000 films a year, as of 2006, which […]
June 5th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Event, TED Africa
Arusha, TEDGlobal ‘07, more pictures from White African
George Ayittey is the author of the book Bono has on his face - or covering his mouth. This picture is symbolic to those who have the read the book and aware of Ayittey stance on African economics and Bono’s “Africa needs aid” mentality. Get the book if […]
June 1st, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Event, TED Africa
The [tag]TEDGlobal2007[/tag] conference is days away, it starts June 4 - smack in the Tanzanian resort town of Arusha.
When I applied for a fellowship to avoid paying the four-figure gate-tab, I didn’t think much of the event. Even though I won the one of the 100 fellowship slots, it won’t be of any use to […]
May 30th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Africa, Business and Entrepreneurship, Corruption, Democracy, Governance, TED Africa
“Negative images of Africa dominate the news: famine and disease, conflict and corruption. But Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Finance Minister of Nigeria, says there’s a less-told story unfolding in many African nations: one of reform, economic growth and business opportunity.”
Enjoy the video, courtesy of [tag]TED[/tag].
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December 19th, 2006 | by Imnakoya | published in Advocacy, Africa, TED Africa, Tanzania
“‘This Is Africa’s Turn’ – Technology Conference Convenes Creative Thinkers and Doers” goes the AllAfrica.com headline on the forthcoming TED conference in Arusha, Tanzania.
If you are an African blogger, or passionate about African affairs and don’t know what “TED” is then you need to play catch-up and see if you can be part of […]
