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 […]
The King of the Jungle, at home
Yesterday, I visited the Lion’s Park in the outskirts of Johannesburg. Approximately 30 minutes drive (most of it on a road called Malinbongwe Drive). The experience was both eye popping and exhilarating. It was closest I have seen and been with wild beasts in their natural habitat – and except I decide a PhD in […]
Thinking Aloud (I): One small thing that matters
As the fire laden balls of water hit my back, I feel the tired muscles in my back untense. And the the ladder laden water wash down my face, away with it the tension of the day going past, giving me another opportunity to start again refreshed in another 24 hour cycle. I am grateful […]
Restoring Nigeria
In case you do not know, there is a gathering storm in Nigeria and young people are at the centre of the crusade for a better Nigeria. A simple Google search will reveal a myriad of sources of information on the many things young people are doing to save their fatherland (motherland if you choose) […]
Praying for the President
Written originally on Monday 30supth/sup November 2009 I hate to get unnecessarily emotional, but learning earlier today the President’s ailing health took a worse turn and as such has postponed his return from Saudi Arabia indefinitely was/is scary. Last Thursday’s rumour of his death is the second in one year. The first being earlier this […]
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 […]
Message from: Mrs. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director
It is often said that young people are our future. They are our present, too. It is today, and not tomorrow, that we must invest in young people and include them in solving the great challenges of our times. Today, more than a billion and a half people are between the ages of 10 and […]
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 […]