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“Johnny Clegg (With Nelson Mandela) – Asimbonanga – 1999
This song brings tears to my eyes..thought I’d share it – Nelson Mandela may not have been President for a long time, but what he represents to all Africans is greater than any other leader on the so called Dark Continent. I remember watching the TV in 1994 as an 11 yer old, after he [...]
Technology Driven Development – TDD
Technology Driven Development is a phrase I coined whilst being interviewed by Teddy “TMS” Ruge about the role of Technology in Development, since then I have given considerable thought to the role of Technology in lifting people out of poverty, creating sustainable jobs and improving the self worth and self esteem of people living in [...]
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InMobi the world’s largest independent mobile advertising network with offices on four continents has confirmed its participation and partnership for the upcoming Mobile Apps Ghana Showcase(#MAGS2011)at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan ICT Centre Accra, come 24th of September, 2011. The inaugural Mobile Apps Ghana Showcase(#MAGS2011), scheduled for Accra in a months time, has attracted large international [...]
A day at Africa Gathering
The Austrian Economist Ludwig Von-Mises once said “The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments”. A cursory glance across the African Continent will leave one with no doubt as to the veracity of this statement. From Sudan to the Ivory Coast to Nigeria, bad Government blights the life [...]
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Technology Driven Development – Interview with Africans in the Diaspora
Teddy \”TMS\” Ruge interviews the organisers of BarCamp Africa UK, – Ethel Coffie, Richard Taylor, Conrad Taylor, Tony Burkson
Mugabe my Hero..Happy Birthday Old boy, time to step down.
Robert Mugabe celebrated his 87th birthday a few days ago, as a child my nicknames included Kaunda(ex-President of Zambia) and Mugabe, indeed one of my aunts still fondly calls me Mugabe. I’m not so sure I would like to be associated with the current version of Robert “Mad Bob” Mugabe. This hasn’t always been the [...]
mHealth Africa Summit—the Personal Emerging
Last month, I wrote mHealth: the Possibilities of the Personal about the importance of capitalizing on people’s personal attachments to and investments in their cellphones as a key to making mHealth programs scalable and widely successful. Then I went to Accra, Ghana for the mHealth Africa Summit, which gave me the opportunity to run this [...]
