Video: Thinking big in Ghana
“What makes a country great is not that people stay there, but that other people want to come there” (via YG) Video: Thinking big in Ghana is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and...
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Africa 2.0 panel at SXSW Interactive 2008
A few months ago I asked for votes for a panel idea I had proposed for the upcoming South by SouthWest (SXSW) Interactive Festival. Well I’m happy to announce that with the support of many bloggers and...
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BET’s Bob Johnson adds to the African luxury hotel surge
In the past few years there’s been a bit of news coming out of new hotel projects taking place on the African continent. From the Hilton Hotels Group to the Rezidor Hotel Group it seems there’s a lot...
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Sotheby’s, Bansky bring Bono green for Valentine’s
Despite increasing criticism Bono’s marketing behemoth Product (RED) keeps on course, this time with a Sotheby’s run valentine’s day auction titled (AUCTION) RED. The art auction, held February 14th at...
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A retirement plan for African leaders, Mo Ibrahim
African leaders, Ibrahim (says), look to retirement as they would to the edge of a cliff, beyond which lies a dizzying fall towards retribution and relative poverty. “We don’t have financial...
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Puma’s love affair with African football deepens
Being the No. 4 sporting-goods brand is tough. But Puma is betting that backing African football (soccer to Americans) will differentiate the brand and win it a significant increase in market share....
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1st India-Africa Summit held
While everyone was following the Olympic torch global tour and the protests at the various legs of the tour, a very important summit was held in New Delhi India. April 8-9 saw the debut of the 1st...
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“Africa Rising” festival brings JAY-Z, Rihanna, Alek Wek to Nigeria &...
Friday was the kickoff for Nigeria-based media company THISDAY’s 3rd annual festival titled “Africa Rising”. The star-studded THISDAY Music and Fashion Festival at the THISDAY Dome in Abuja, Nigeria...
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Prada space captures rural Congo experience
Influx Insights points us to an interesting marriage of Congolese and Western culture in the form of an art and entertainment experience space. The Double Club, a 6 month project collaboration between...
View ArticleBono on Obama’s 1st Africa visit as President and rebranding the continent
As President Obama embarks on his much anticipated trip to Africa this weekend, U2 frontman and social activist writes an op-ed column in this weekend’s NYtimes highlighting the significance of the...
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Trending Africa July 23, ’09: E. Africa gets hi-speed internet, TEDGlobal, etc.
• Big news of East Africa finally getting high-speed internet with the launch of SEACOM's fibre optic cables; and some reactions • The Gates Foundation and Peace Corps open up Africa Rural Connect,...
View ArticleA Place of Refuge: A music artist from Sierra Leone helps Brooklyn NY kids...
Chosan, a hip-hop artist from Sierra Leone, for years has spent his time away from the microphone working with kids at a local school in Brooklyn, NY. The upcoming documentary "A Place of Refuge"...
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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 ArticleDjimon Hounsou narrates How Not to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina...
Djimon Hounsou narrates How Not to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina (video) is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends
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:...
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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Celebrity colonization of Africa (infographic)
Much has been said of celebrities taking an interest in Africa. Celebrities like Oprah, Madonna, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Danny Glover and, of course, Bono, have pusued a wide range of...
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....
View ArticleWhy Africa aid campaigns FAIL (free ebook)
On April 27, 2010 the popular website Mashable ran a post titled 1MillionShirts Leverages Social Media to Help Clothe Africa. The post was about a new charitable campaign launched by a pair of US-based...
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Top 100 global thinkers of 2010
Foreign Policy Magazine has named their top 100 global thinkers of 2010. The list, which I’ve outlined below, is a mix of policy makers, advocates, and media professionals among other global...
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