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The above infographic gives an overview of Africa’s changing trade partnerships. The infographic comes courtesy of The BRICA Group, a new collaborative venture in partnership with Larry Ossei-Mensah of myglobalhustle.com. The BRICA Group’s mission is to serve as an advocate and catalyst for the development of innovation and creativity in emerging markets. We have more research and information efforts coming very soon. Visit http://www.theBRICAgroup.com for more.

Africa’s New Trade Frontier (infographic) – The BRICA Group is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends

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A few weeks ago, I was honored to be invited to Harvard University to give a short talk and participate in the  Rebranding Africa through the Youth panel as part of their Africa Focus series. The panel was a lively, collaborative one with both panelists and attendees providing perspectives on the topic. As a follow-up, I’ve put together a slide deck of my prep notes and am sharing here. Hopefully, the presentation embedded below will allow those who couldn’t attend the event a chance to join in and continue the conversation here and elsewhere. Feel free to download and share the presentation. You can contact me here or on Twitter (@GKofiAnnan) for further info or to discuss. Thanks to the Harvard team, especially Essie Yamoah and Julia Mensah, for having me up.

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• The Paris Hilton effect on Africa’s development
• Urban explosion and African youth’s global influence
• Africa’s wealth and consumerism draws big brands
• Growth and spending of African consumers (video)
• 42 country, 100 exhibit Africa Pavilion unveiled for 2010 Shanghai World Expo
• Notes from Columbia U’s 2010 Africa Economic Forum
• Designer Ozwald Boateng on dressing President Obama and his Made in Africa wealth initiative
• Prada space captures rural Congo experience
• Branding Africa with a new domain
• Video: Ozwald Boateng Fashion Show at African Union Summit, Ghana

Throughout my years as an entrepreneur, I have had to conduct endless market research and have found a serious lack of information about the African market. Drawing on my experience as a marketer myself, I am developing a new website called AfriMonitor to aggregate important research and information about the growing African market. While I understand that the African market is still very young, I feel that to help it grow and to encourage more entrepreneurs to develop products to help it grow, a product like AfriMonitor is necessary. While I still write about African business and culture trends at Annans Chronicles, much of the in depth analysis of trends will be posted there on AfriMonitor. To read more about direction AfriMonitor will be developing towards in the next few months visit the About us page.

AfriMonitor.com serves as a market research portal for the Africa-focused global business audience. The website aggregates pertinent information about African business, consumers, economy, companies, and products, as well as information on African marketing and advertising trends. AfriMonitor provides an overview of African consumer and product markets so individuals, agencies, and corporations can discover new opportunities and make the right business decisions.

As part of the beta launch of AfriMonitor.com, we have put together a trend brief focusing on the growing China-Africa relationship. The brief,”Exploring ChinAfrica: Trends in China’s 21st century push into Africa” , touches on many of the key issues surrounding the topic. It is intended to serve as resource for anyone who is curious about China’s 21st century push into Africa. The brief is available as a free download and you can distribute it to whomever you feel could benefit from the information included. I’ve also put together an interactive timeline with key dates for those who want more information.

I am launching AfriMonitor as a beta for now to get some feedback and begin getting some information to those who can make use of it. We will be working hard in the next couple of months to get you much of the information which will make the site most useful, so check back often or better yet, subscribe to AfriMonitor’s rss feed or sign up for automatic email updates. For now the News tabs currently contain aggregated content from all the major news engines and is updated many times a day. The news is broken up into three categories, All News, China-Africa news, and India-Africa news.

In the next few months we’ll be adding more insights and reports from various sources including African marketing agencies and featuring interviews with newsmakers. Please let any advertisers or marketers with information about the African market know to contact me to get their reports featured on the website. While some of the reports and briefs will be free, others will be available for a fee. We’ll also be updating our Resources and Events sections soon. Please feel free to submit a resource or event for inclusion in our directory or just contact us with any comments/suggestions. AfriMonitor is a work in progress so your input is always welcome. I hope the website gets you the information you need to make the proper business decisions.

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• Top 6 African business and culture trends to watch in 2010
• Obama and Hillary Clinton visits a boom or bust for African business
• African markets in top 20 as mobile advertising continues strong growth in Q2 2009
• Bono on Obama’s 1st Africa visit as President and rebranding the continent
• 1st India-Africa Summit held

It seems it’s been about a month since my last post. Wow! How timees fly when you’re running around. I guess I’ve been neglecting my duties here on Annansi Chronicles, but hey there’s much more to life than posting to blogs. Some readers might not have missed me since we communicate regularly online, but I’m sure many of you were beginning to think I’d abandoned Annansi Chronicles. Not true! Here’s some updates of what’s been going on:

The Africa 2.0 panel at South by Southwest Interactive went pleasantly well. Besides getting to finally meet a few of my fellow African bloggers/entrepreneurs/innovators, SXSW was one of my best conference experiences to date. The energy, people, and information was well worth the effort of organizing the panel. For a roundup of what went on read my review at the newassignment.net website. Also read Erik, and Uduak’s perspective. The panel was well attended and we got to talk to some really great people. Thanks to the SXSW crew especially Hugh and Christine for allowing us a great opportunity. Below is some video of an interview I did with Sunny Gault of Veoh TV’s Viral channel right before the panel. In the video I talk about the topic of Africa and technology as well as the work I’ve been doing as a board member of the African Film Commission.

Online Videos by Veoh.com

In some other news, Annansi Chronicles passed it’s 2 years anniversary this month! Thanks to all the readers and the brilliant Africa-focused minds who have helped me keep the blog inspiring. It’s been great connecting with people all over the world and building business and personal relationships through Annansi Chronicles. I had no idea what I was doing when I started 2 years ago and to see the response has been very motivating. As a result of the good people I’ve met through this blog, I have been able expand on ideas which I never would have had. I am currently working on a bigger project which, building on some ideas I’ve explored on Annansi Chronicles, will hopefully add to the efforts of innovation in African business and community development. Hopefully I will be soon announcing this new project, but in the meantime, I am looking for writing contributers for this and other projects. Please contact me if you or someone you know might be interested in working with me and my company Annansi LLC.

Finally, for those reading Annansi Chronicles using rss make sure to visit the site itself to see the new re-design. Going forward Annansi Chronicles will have featured posts of in-depth analysis of news items. For those familiar with the content of the blog, the features will be the longer in-depth posts I’ve been doing periodically here. I’m looking forward to providing more inspiration for you all.Thanks again for reading Annansi Chronicles.

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Entrepreneur Magazine has chosen to feature me and my company in the December 2007 issue. The article in the Doing Good section covers my outlook on Africa’s brand dilemma and how I am using my expertise to help solve the problem and encourage business. You can read the article in the issue on newsstands or online at Entrepreneur.com. Thanks to JJ Ramberg for the good conversation.

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• Africa’s wealth and consumerism draws big brands
• Growth and spending of African consumers (video)
• ‘Fela!’ musical lands 11 Tony Noms; Chiwetel Ejiofor cast as Fela in biopic
• African youth and the African brand (presentation)
• 42 country, 100 exhibit Africa Pavilion unveiled for 2010 Shanghai World Expo
• African contemporary art having a global renaissance (videos)
• Celebrity colonization of Africa (infographic)
• NY African Film Festival opens, celebrates World Cup and independent Africa
• Notes from Columbia U’s 2010 Africa Economic Forum
• Top 6 African business and culture trends to watch in 2010

I just wanted to say thanks to the good folks at Jamati.com for deciding to interview/feature me on their African entertainment portal. If you haven’t already visited the site, make sure you do. The global staff continues to produce an exciting online news magazine. Talking to the editors was definitely one of the most thought provoking interviews I’ve ever had.

Thanks to Jamati.com is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends

• Where I’ve been
• In Transition
• Vote to add Africa 2.0 panel to SXSW festival schedule
• Africa Enterprising articles part 3
• Talking African business elsewhere
• The age of conversation is here!
• Africa Enterprising articles part 2
• The Conversation gets louder
• The African demographic
• Taking a break

As I mentioned in my previous post it’s been a hectic couple of weeks. I’ve been dealing with both personal and professional changes but alas, I have sorted everything out to allow for a bit of normalcy. Here’s a recap of some of the events which have made the past couple of weeks so crazy.

New schedule, New projects, New website: A announcement is that I am no longer at my day job and am currently working independently. While I have never really talked about my day job here, those of you who I have had the pleasure of interacting with behind the scenes are familiar with my former position. While I never mentioned my 9 to 5 here, I feel it’s necessary to do so now to express how excited I am that I will be able to focus on the subjects I have been following and reporting about here on Annansi Chronicles. In the time it will take me to secure another full time position, I will be pushing full steam ahead with some of the projects which have been delayed due to my other responsibilities. Some initial projects include organizing a mini conference/roundtable, completing a proposal for my next book, and implementing a sales schedule for my clothing line. With my new working schedule, I am excited to be able to better contribute to the growth of African blogging/marketing/fashion/business community. If anyone wants to find out more about the projects I’m working on or would like to work together or just network check out my NEW website GKofiAnnan.com and feel free to contact me.

$10, 000 in book sales: While I was away from blogging, my current book project, “The Age of Conversation”, past $10, 000 in sales. Amazing!!! When I decided to contribute to the authoring of “The Age of Conversation, I never imagined the impact it would have. In the months since it’s release I have had a chance to meet and befriend some inspiring individuals. As the book sales move quickly past $10K, the effect continues to be felt within the marketing community. If you haven’t already done so, make sure you purchase a copy of The Age of Conversation.

Thanks to all for reading, commenting, and linking to the Annansi Chronicles.

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• Thanks to Jamati.com
• In Transition
• Vote to add Africa 2.0 panel to SXSW festival schedule
• Africa Enterprising articles part 3
• Talking African business elsewhere
• The age of conversation is here!
• Africa Enterprising articles part 2
• The Conversation gets louder
• The African demographic
• Taking a break

Sorry for the lack of updates folks. I have been sidetracked by a ton of events and changes. Among them is moving to a new town, getting my businesses in order for the fall/winter, settling into a new working schedule, and getting caught up in the action at NY Fashion Week. The good news is I’m almost settled in for the fall/winter. I will be back up in a couple of days. You can join me on Facebook to interact, or just shoot me an email to connect.

In Transition is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends

• Thanks to Jamati.com
• Where I’ve been
• Vote to add Africa 2.0 panel to SXSW festival schedule
• Africa Enterprising articles part 3
• Talking African business elsewhere
• The age of conversation is here!
• Africa Enterprising articles part 2
• The Conversation gets louder
• The African demographic
• Taking a break

Over the past year and a half, I’ve come to love writing about African style and business issues and interacting with the many inspiring people and ideas which I’ve come across through this blog. In my experience, today’s technology has provided us with the most effective vehicles to communicate and has caused an acceleration of African ideas AND actions across borders and even hemispheres. In my first attempt at taking our online conversations offline, I’ve proposed a panel idea for the upcoming South by SouthWest (SXSW) Interactive Festival being held in Austin, Texas March 7-11 2008. The proposed panel, Africa 2.0: Affecting Change Using Technology, will discuss how blogs, social networks, digital media and mobile technology are being used by businesses and citizens — both African and foreign — to affect change in Africa. The group of panelists will discuss adoption of mobile technology, community activism online and offline, and digital media’s effect on African entertainment industry growth. The process of developing the final schedule for the festival relies on a public vote to decide which panels actually get added. Please take a moment to VOTE to add the Africa 2.0 panel to SXSW Interactive schedule. My panel seems to be the ONLY Africa-related panel idea for the interactive festival.

In related news, I am hoping to put together a panel/roundtable to be held in New York City sometime this fall. I’m looking to bring many of you together to discuss opportunities and experiences in African business. If anyone has any ideas or would like to suggest any sponsors please contact me. I’ll have soe more specific information soon. Now go VOTE for panel!!

Other panels which deserve your vote:

• Anastasia Goodstein (Ypulse.com) – What Teens Want — In a Game
• Clyde Smith (ProHipHop – Hip Hop Marketing & Business News) – From B2B Blog to Media/Event Empire
• Rohit Bhargava (Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide) – Business and blogging panels
• David Armano (Critical Mass) – From Long Tail to Fuzzy Tail

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• The Paris Hilton effect on Africa’s development
• “Africa:The Next Chapter” videos premiere
• Urban explosion and African youth’s global influence
• Africa’s next chapter convenes at TEDGlobal 2007
• Branding Africa with a new domain
• After Gladwell’s Blink, Kenna’s new dilemma
• Africa Enterprising articles part 3
• The age of conversation is here!
• Hip-hop’s African ancestry at Odyssey Awards
• What’s your Africa strategy?

The 3rd edition of the The Carnival of African Enterprising has launched at the White African blog. As with the previous installments, this edition highlights some of the best posts from the African business/entrepreneurship blogosphere. Head over to White African to check out top posts from 5 of Africa’s top blogging/business talent, with a bonus addition from Annansi Chronicles (Big Thanks to Hash).To find out more about the ongoing carnival go here. Special thanks to Benin Mwangi for organizing everything.

Africa Enterprising articles part 3 is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends

• The Paris Hilton effect on Africa’s development
• Africa’s next chapter convenes at TEDGlobal 2007
• “Africa:The Next Chapter” videos premiere
• Who’s doing business in Africa?, Trade Forum Magazine update
• Hip-hop’s African ancestry at Odyssey Awards
• This week in African Style 4/7 – 4/13/07
• Changing “Brand Africa”, an International Trade Forum magazine feature
• This week in African Style 4/14 – 4/20/07
• Annansi Notes: Fall Out Boy, Mandela, Clint Eastwood, African babies, Facebook in Kenya
• African countries on 2007 list of 50 most desirable outsourcing destinations

This is just a note to announce that Annansi Chronicles has joined a group of authors in launching a new social entrepreneurship section of “the world’s #1 site for small business motivation and strategies”, www.evancarmichael.com. Titled, Sustainable Development Through Entrepreneurship: African Accounts, the new section will focus on the African perspective in business and entrepreneurship. Among the authors who already write for the site are Donald Trump, Michael Gerber, Zig Ziglar, Seth Godin, Jay Conrad Levinson, Guy Kawasaki, and more.

With nearly half of its population living in conditions of extreme poverty, the economic realities of Africa are harsh.

And yet, the promise of sustainable development remains bright.

By creating economic growth, African entrepreneurs are proving to be at the heart of that promise, and a key weapon in the fight against poverty.

These are their stories.

Talking African business elsewhere is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends

• Africa Enterprising articles part 3
• “Africa:The Next Chapter” videos premiere
• The age of conversation is here!
• The Paris Hilton effect on Africa’s development
• Who’s doing business in Africa?, Trade Forum Magazine update
• Hip-hop’s African ancestry at Odyssey Awards
• Africa’s next chapter convenes at TEDGlobal 2007
• Changing “Brand Africa”, an International Trade Forum magazine feature
• Is there an African culture code?
• African migration to Europe

Trained as a visual communicator, I have always held communication in the highest regard. Communication, to me, is at the center of everything we do, especially in today’s world. Whether you are an individual or an organization, it is most important to be able to communicate your ideas and be a part of conversations which, through the growth of technology are already shaping the world we live in. No-one is immune from the power of the conversations today. Through the advances in technology the playing field is being leveled in all industries, and it is most important for Africa to understand and take advantage of the change. For years we’ve struggled to be heard both at home and abroad and participate in the conversations which determine the development of our communities. But today, we are faced with the opportunities to broadcast our own conversations and chime in on others. Never before have we been given the opportunity to directly affect others a world away. And never before have the major players been so focused on the every-day person’s opinion for direction. As individuals we wield a great power, and how we communicate and build on conversations is more important than it ever was. The new book “The Age of Conversation” taps some of the most brilliant thinkers in today’s conversation-driven world. I have authored a chapter titled From Aid to Opportunity: Afri-Activism transitions into a new consumer market. You can read more about the book “The Age of Conversation” in the new Books & Products area of this site or at AgeOfConversation.com. Buy the book as an e-book, a paperback, or a hardcover at Lulu.com/ageofconversation. 100% of the profits from the book will go to a children’s charity.

The age of conversation is here! is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends

• The Paris Hilton effect on Africa’s development
• Urban explosion and African youth’s global influence
• The rise of Kenya’s equity generation
• Africa’s next chapter convenes at TEDGlobal 2007
• Changing “Brand Africa”, an International Trade Forum magazine feature
• Africa Enterprising articles part 3
• “Africa:The Next Chapter” videos premiere
• Who’s doing business in Africa?, Trade Forum Magazine update
• What’s your Africa strategy?
• This week in African Style 4/7 – 4/13/07

The second edition of the Africa Enterprising blog carnival has been published on African Loft. The carnival features some very engaging content from many of the African blogging community The posts touch on topics such as trade vs aid in Africa, entrepreneurship in Africa, business and investment in Africa, and universal business tenets. Head over to Imnakoya’s African Loft for links to an inspiring collection of ideas.

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• “Africa:The Next Chapter” videos premiere
• Starchitect David Adjaye brings his building art to America
• The Paris Hilton effect on Africa’s development
• Hip-hop’s African ancestry at Odyssey Awards
• Top African-American talent plan trip to African Union Summit, Ghana
• Africa’s next chapter convenes at TEDGlobal 2007
• After Gladwell’s Blink, Kenna’s new dilemma
• Tanzania launches first ever US television campaign on CNN
• Annansi Notes: Fall Out Boy, Mandela, Clint Eastwood, African babies, Facebook in Kenya
• Video: Journalist Andrew Mwenda on the dark side of African aid

As you all might remember I recently co-authored a dynamic book called The Age of Conversation. Based on the concept of how new communication tools facilitate conversations and shape communities, the book features multiple authors’ insights. I’ve gotten word that the book will be available for purchase a week from today with a special cover design by David Armano. Here are the particulars with more info to come real soon:

Launch date: Monday, July 16th

Formats/Prices:
Hardbacks $29.99
Paperbacks $16.95
E-book $9.99

Background

Authors:

Gavin Heaton, Drew McLellan, CK, Valeria Maltoni, Emily Reed, Katie Chatfield, Greg Verdino, Mack Collier, Lewis Green, Sacrum, Ann Handley, Mike Sansone, Paul McEnany, Roger von Oech, Anna Farmery, David Armano, Bob Glaza, Mark Goren, Matt Dickman, Scott Monty, Richard Huntington, Cam Beck, David Reich, Luc Debaisieux, Sean Howard, Tim Jackson, Patrick Schaber, Roberta Rosenberg, Uwe Hook, Tony D. Clark, Todd Andrlik, Toby Bloomberg, Steve Woodruff, Steve Bannister, Steve Roesler, Stanley Johnson, Spike Jones, Nathan Snell, Simon Payn, Ryan Rasmussen, Ron Shevlin, Roger Anderson, Robert Hruzek, Rishi Desai, Phil Gerbyshak, Peter Corbett, Pete Deutschman, Nick Rice, Nick Wright, Michael Morton, Mark Earls, Mark Blair, Mario Vellandi, Lori Magno, Kristin Gorski, Kris Hoet, G.Kofi Annan, Kimberly Dawn Wells, Karl Long, Julie Fleischer, Jordan Behan, John La Grou, Joe Raasch, Jim Kukral, Jessica Hagy, Janet Green, Jamey Shiels, Dr. Graham Hill, Gia Facchini, Geert Desager, Gaurav Mishra, Gary Schoeniger, Gareth Kay, Faris Yakob, Emily Clasper, Ed Cotton, Dustin Jacobsen, Tom Clifford, David Polinchock, David Koopmans, David Brazeal, David Berkowitz, Carolyn Manning, Craig Wilson, Cord Silverstein, Connie Reece, Colin McKay, Chris Newlan, Chris Corrigan, Cedric Giorgi, Brian Reich, Becky Carroll, Arun Rajagopal, Andy Nulman, Amy Jussel, AJ James, Kim Klaver, Sandy Renshaw, Susan Bird, Ryan Barrett, Troy Worman, S. Neil Vineberg

The Conversation gets louder is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends

• Annansi Notes: Fall Out Boy, Mandela, Clint Eastwood, African babies, Facebook in Kenya
• The age of conversation is here!
• The Paris Hilton effect on Africa’s development
• Africa’s next chapter convenes at TEDGlobal 2007
• Africa Enterprising articles part 4
• Forget aid and money, Africa needs IDEAS!
• “Africa:The Next Chapter” videos premiere
• Urban explosion and African youth’s global influence
• Who’s doing business in Africa?, Trade Forum Magazine update
• Top African-American talent plan trip to African Union Summit, Ghana

One of the points many of us Africans raise when arguing about the need for a re-branding of Africa is the inaccuracy of the image which represent us. While I can go on and on about the problems with the image the global community has tagged the continent and it’s people with, I often choose to spend my energy emphasizing an alternative definition of Africa(ns). My question though is, I know many of us agree on the need to change the image of Africa, but what would describe that image as? Certainly I’m not talking about how we go about promoting the successes of Africa’s business and people, but rather what we would describe those alternative images as. It can be regional, national, or continental. I know it’s a loaded question, but I’m putting together a post on the African demographic (if you could call it that) and would like some input. I’m sure everyone has their opinions about whether we should classify all Africans, but what I am looking to pinpoint is the similarities AND differences between the various regions and cultures. Call it an impromptu survey if you will. You can comment below, use my contact form, or email me at blog(at)annansi.com. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

The African demographic is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends

• Thanks to Jamati.com
• Where I’ve been
• In Transition
• Vote to add Africa 2.0 panel to SXSW festival schedule
• Africa Enterprising articles part 3
• Talking African business elsewhere
• The age of conversation is here!
• Africa Enterprising articles part 2
• The Conversation gets louder
• Taking a break

I’m taking a much needed vacation this week. I’ll be returning to posting on Annansi Chronicles next week. In the meantime check out these excellent African blogs:
BeninMwangi.com (African Entrepreneurship & international media)
Africaincorp (Following the Money Trailing the Afri-urban Movement )
Bankelele (Banking analysis and the financial sector in Kenya)
African Path (View of Africans in the Diaspora)
Deoluakinyemi.com (Daily Motivations & Development for people and organizations)
Tech Mambo (Profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies)
Odegele Nyang Investments (Business and investment news in Kenya and East Africa)
Kenya Startup (Start Ups in Kenya)
WhiteAfrican (Where Africa and Tech Collide)
Afriville (Community Portal)
Grandiose Parlor (Thoughts on Issues)
Yemma (nspiring Excellence)
Alt Nigeria (Nigerian Business)
Upnaira (Consumer Investments)
Rafiq Phillips (South Africa Technology and Web Addicts)
Ryan Shen-Hoover (Investing in Africa)
Leonard Nelson (Web 2.0 with a Zambian Twist)
Whythawk (Sustainable Business and Economic Development)
My Global Hustle

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• Thanks to Jamati.com
• Where I’ve been
• In Transition
• Vote to add Africa 2.0 panel to SXSW festival schedule
• Africa Enterprising articles part 3
• Talking African business elsewhere
• The age of conversation is here!
• Africa Enterprising articles part 2
• The Conversation gets louder
• The African demographic

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since I started this blog. Initially Annansi Chronicles was an outlet for the ideas which I didn’t feel fit into the bi-monthly newsletters I send to my Annansi Clothing Co. customers, but as with any project it has taken on a personality of it’s own. I must admit it was hard to keep up with at first – adapting to a new platform, figuring out what to share and what to keep to myself, and juggling writing with all my other obligations – but I found that the less I tried to create a blog which fit in a pretty little package, the easier it became to develop Annansi Chronicles’ content. Though I’ve kept numerous personal journals over the years, it was hard putting my ideas out there for people who I haven’t met to critique and disagree with. But so far you guys have been very kind. I have to say thank you to all those reading this for choosing to listen to me rant and rave. I especially would like to thank all those who have taken the time to reach out to me either by leaving a comment or emailing me, for letting me know that my ideas are not so crazy after all. I hope we can all continue to share ideas and build a community that we are all proud of in one way of another.
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming….

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• Thanks to Jamati.com
• Where I’ve been
• In Transition
• Vote to add Africa 2.0 panel to SXSW festival schedule
• Africa Enterprising articles part 3
• Talking African business elsewhere
• The age of conversation is here!
• Africa Enterprising articles part 2
• The Conversation gets louder
• The African demographic