Monthly Archives: July 2010

Awards are now flowing in, may be the tech start-ups will benefit….. here is the announcement. Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 Legatum Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship.   With prize money of USD 350,000, the 2010 Legatum Africa … Continue reading →

Its always nice to see old friends and evening functions provide a perfect opportunity; given that parallel sessions may not promote “catching up”. It was time to catch up with Remmy Nweke and Brenda Zulu; we had a chance to … Continue reading →

When Guy Berger was telling me about tweetdeck French translation, he probably did not know that it will be hard to even send an email, forget do the blog posts, podcasts and video. He was right to make suggestions, given … Continue reading →

Elvira van Noort was very excited to see her former professors at the University of Eutrect; it was great they were here to witness how she has “grown up” and busy training citizen journalism in Grahamstown. I almost went to … Continue reading →

It is the talk of town, buzzing on twitter, facebook; people just can’t stop talking about Ghana and what would happen if it upsets Uruguay: Africa will have won and reached a new football high. Everybody is an expert on … Continue reading →

The version looks a bit sophisticated compared to the common one that requires lots of energy and skill I think they can grow head muscles with the stuff on the head… It looks massive- jokes aside…

Alexandra neighborhood is famous, but unfortunately for the wrong reasons; it was the heartbeat for xenophobic attacks and the soaring crime rate has not helped the image either. I have been longing to go to Alex, as its commonly known, … Continue reading →