Reasons I will wait for the Playbook!
I love technology – especially if viewed from the lens “technology makes life easier”. But, in my acquisitions, I have always had one guiding principle, ‘juice out the maximum benefit per dollar invested!’ For this reason, I am not always the first of all people to buy new techs, though usually, I am the first […]
Africa has the means to feed itself but does it have the support – and the will?
By Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda * Africa has a quarter of the world’s arable land but produces only a tenth of our food. On the eve of a pan-African conference on food security, Lindiwe Sibanda asks how African farmers can turn things round. One week from now, 200 agricultural experts from across Africa and around […]
Nelson Mandela!
This Sunday, 18 July 2010 the world will gather to celebrate a man who has come to define resilence, conviction, persevrance and brute determination. Nelson Mandela, turns 92 and celebrates 67 years of service to humanity(and his fatherland/mother land if you will). Without pretending to know the history of South Africa or the full details […]
The cloud – Our new home?
I grew up around stories that the earth can no longer support man and we have to look for a new abode. Where? Where will man make his new home? I asked these and many other related questions many times and the usual and confusing answer – coming from mostly my pre-teen peers as confused […]
Dear Sir, It was shocking-very shocking-to learn of your demise last night. Whilst I join others to wish you a safe trip to your next destination, I can not help but wonder how in humane man can be. I remember clearly how they flew you in (though we still have doubt you were on that […]
Reflections on ‘things’ from the IGF09
Titans from the academe, industry, civil society and the in betweens (we cannt always categorize everybody) are gathered amongst the pyramids of Egypt at the IGF 2009 conference to discuss the future of information managment and sharing – hope google is represented! As should be expected, in a gathering of such magnitude there will be […]
MJ’s THIS IT
Originally written, October 28th and then forgotten until now. Spent a while (and you can add a fortune too :)) seeing Michael Jackson’s This Is It, which premiers from today in cinemas worldwide. I could not help but conclude that Michael was a bunch of talent and deep thinking giving his calculated dance steps, deliberate […]
Unfiltered: YALDA WA Live Chat: ‘Youth Leading Change: The Imperatives and Challenges’
[16:03:03] *** YALDA West Africa added Kate *** [16:03:28] *** YALDA West Africa added Olumide Idowu *** [16:03:32] *** YALDA West Africa added ruchione *** [16:03:36] *** YALDA West Africa added Adebola Adenuga *** [16:03:59] YALDA West Africa: Hi All, Welcome to the YALDA West Africa Live Chat [16:04:17] YALDA West Africa: If you are […]
Reuben Abati’s Interesting Insights On Today’s Youth Culture…
Cross posted from Chude Jideonwo’s Notes. I will be doing a reflection shortly. You may not have noticed it: Nigeria is suffering from an identity crisis imposed on it in part by an emergent generation of irreverent and creative young Nigerians who are revising old norms and patterns. And for me nothing demonstrates this more […]
For my Dad on Father’s day!
This post was originally written on Father’s Day, 2009 and is specially for my Dad and all the real dads in the world! It is Father’s Day and I join all appreciative children worldwide in celebrating fatherhood and the strong men behind the institution that fatherhood is. Mine is a strict no-nonsense man who never […]
