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Obama and Hillary Clinton visits a boom or bust for African business
As President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both prepared to make visits to Africa recently there was a sense of excitement and anticipation. While the excitement was primarily within...
View ArticleMaker Faire Africa edition 2009 (video)
Below is an excellent video documenting the recent inaugural Maker Faire Africa event held in Accra, Ghana. The event was organized as a a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention,...
View ArticleDesigner Ozwald Boateng on dressing President Obama and his Made in Africa...
In this three part series fashion designer Ozwald Boateng talks with CNN about outfitting President Obama for his recent Ghana visit and the designer’s new initiative “Made in Africa”. Part 1:...
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The long-lasting impact of 2010 World Cup on S. Africa
Image by coda via Flickr This guest post by John Kim The Olympics and FIFA World Cup are often hailed as huge boons for their host countries or cities. At least that is how they are described prior to...
View ArticleLiya Kebede stars in Somali supermodel Waris Dirie’s biopic
Supermodel Waris Dirie’s book Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad, published in 1999, helped fuel the open discussion of female genital mutilation in her native Somalia. After...
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FELA! musical hits Broadway with rave reviews
If you haven’t already heard FELA! The Musical has opened on the Broadway in New York City. For many people, myself included, this marks a milestone in African culture’s rise to global recognition....
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Top 6 African business and culture trends to watch in 2010
If, like me, you’ve been watching people and events surrounding Africa in mainstream and non-mainstream news, you’ll know that 2009 was a big year for Africa, From President Obama’s visit, to the new...
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Kenya’s first Sci-Fi film hits Sundance
Made by writer/director Wanuri Kahiu, Kenya’s first science fiction film to hit Sundance, Pumzi, takes place “thirty-five years after World War III, the “Water War,” and tells the story of a woman from...
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S. Africa Tourism launches URL shortener for World Cup marketing
As part of the marketing around the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup, the South African Tourism authority has launched a new branded url shortening service at http://mzan.si. Developed for the government...
View ArticleK’Naan launches Coca-Cola World Cup campaign
Somalian-born, Canadian-based hip-hop artist K’Naan has specially recorded a version of the song “Wavin’ Flag”, originally featured on his 2009 album Troubadour, for the Coca Cola sponsored 2010 FIFA...
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Notes from Columbia U’s 2010 Africa Economic Forum
Last week I attended Columbia University’s annual African Economic Forum (AEF). The two-day conference was a diverse and insightful one with discussions ranging from Branding Africa to the growing,...
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NY African Film Festival opens, celebrates World Cup and independent Africa
The 17th annual New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) has opened on April 7th celebrating the 50th anniversary of 17 African nations’ independence from colonial rule as well as the freedom that the...
View ArticleESPN channels Apartheid-era South Africa for 2010 FIFA World Cup ad
For it’s part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup advertising wars, ESPN is channeling a major part of South Africa’s history: Apartheid. The sports channel is starting it’s World Cup advertising with a Wieden...
View ArticleAfrican contemporary art having a global renaissance (videos)
CNN’s Inside Africa recently aired a series of features on the growing global demand for contemporary art. View the 3 parts of the feature below. Part 1 Johannesburg Contemporary Art Fair The...
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42 country, 100 exhibit Africa Pavilion unveiled for 2010 Shanghai World Expo
50 African nations and the African Union will present their interpretations of the “Better City, Better Life” theme in Shanghai, China at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo running May 1 to October 31....
View ArticleBill Gates: Mobiles not PCs for global health in developing markets
via mobihealthnews.com Microsoft Chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates recently sat down at UC Berkeley to discuss the need for personal computers versus cell phones in so-called developing markets....
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‘Fela!’ musical lands 11 Tony Noms; Chiwetel Ejiofor cast as Fela in biopic
A BIG congratulations to the cast and crew of ‘FELA!’ The musical as they have just received 11 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. The Tony Awards is the leading awards which honor...
View ArticleGhana’s Black Stars celebrate World Cup push (video)
I’m quite proud to be a Ghanaian right about now. The Black Stars haven’t just made Ghanaians proud. Being the only African team left in the cup, they are being cheered on by fans across the continent...
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Notes: leadership and innovation at 2010 World Business Forum
Recently I was honored to have been able to attend The World Business Forum, an annual business conference featuring some of today’s most influential business and leadership luminaries. The event,...
View ArticleUsing Twitter for Nigeria election reform
At the center of grass roots efforts to keep Nigeria’s notorious election process clean is a small, indistinguishable man armed with a cell phone…Amara, wearing a t-shirt with the phrase “Light Up...
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