Some news and views from around the world.AfricaAfter some funding and damn hard work by Eric and his team the Ushahidi website relaunches and is looking rather fantastic.Afrigator the largest African blog aggregator has has a majority stake acquired by..
Topics: Links, Uncategorized

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A number of weeks back I came across an article about The Apprentice, the show created by producer Mark Burnett, being formatted and shown across the whole continent of Africa. A co-production of The Executive Group (TEG) and Storm Vision Ltd and...
Topics: Biodun Shobanji, Economy, The Apprentice, The Apprentice Africa

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I met Ory at TED Africa and was truly inspired by her story on a one to one basis. She is a blogger, a co-founder of Ushahidi and a Harvard trained lawyer. Check out her speech here at TED.Unfortunately most of the slides you see her laughing at seemed...
Topics: kenya, Ory Okolloh, TED Africa, ushahidi

{"title":"Ory Okolloh | The Making of African Activist","post_url":"http:\/\/simphani.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/04\/ory-okolloh-the-making-of-african-activist\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/simphani.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"DavidMcQueen","date":"2008-09-04 06:31:55","summary":"I met Ory at TED Africa and was truly inspired by her story on a one to one basis. She is a blogger, a co-founder of Ushahidi and a Harvard trained lawyer. Check out her speech here at TED.Unfortunately most of the slides you see her laughing at seemed..."}

One of the most powerful videos in the afrosphere I have seen is the girl like me video shown above. The whole issues of identity for people in the diaspora is one that is discussed in the halls of academia, on radio and TV, tables at homes and community.
Topics: A Girl Like Me, Black Doll, Education, History, Native Americans, outube, White Doll

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Patrick spoke at the TED Africa conference in 2007 about his vision on critical thinking and liberal arts. He is part of a generation of young Africans who after being blessed with education at home or abroad are looking to change the political landscape.
Topics: Ashesi University, Education, Leadership, Liberal Arts, Politics, TED, TED Africa

{"title":"Patrick Awuah | Leadership through Education","post_url":"http:\/\/simphani.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/13\/patrick-awuah-leadership-through-education\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/simphani.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"DavidMcQueen","date":"2008-08-13 10:23:08","summary":"Patrick spoke at the TED Africa conference in 2007 about his vision on critical thinking and liberal arts. He is part of a generation of young Africans who after being blessed with education at home or abroad are looking to change the political landscape."}