Category: Charity

Video: Thinking big in Ghana

“What makes a country great is not that people stay there, but that other people want to come there” (via YG)

Quote: Don Cheadle on Africa’s brand image

In the December 2007 issue of Ebony Magazine actor Don Cheadle says: One thing (African people) need is better p.r. If people in (the USA) think of Africa as a place with kids and flies swarming around their heads, then they won’t understand that these people are you and you are them

Video trailer: Darfur Now

Official trailer for Don Cheadale’s documentary Darfur Now.

Annansi notes: Brangelina buys Ethiopia, Africom, MTV Africa awards begins, (RED)washing at Gap

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie bought Ethiopia. (Not the African country itself, but the island which represents Ethiopia in Dubai’s island phenomenon The World) American general seeks to play down fears over new Africa command. (Uhhh… sure. No worries.) Africa’s nuclear hopes. (Could this be the solution to the electricity shortages?) MTV begins Africa Music…
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The REALLY simple celebrity life

As much as we hate to believe it, Africa is still the charity case of choice for celebrities looking to get public sympathy. Time and time again the African brand gives instant credibility and humanizes the privileged and their brand image. With every case in the news I am reminded of how much work we…
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African family adopts Britney’s kids!, Slate.com

Slate posts a hilarious story on a Malawian family’s adoption of Britney Spears’ children. A must read! “Los Angeles, where the Federline children have been living, is one of the richest cities in the world, trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of depravity, narcissism, and veganism. Nearly 27 percent of the children in Los Angeles…
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Annansi Notes: Fall Out Boy, Mandela, Clint Eastwood, African babies, Facebook in Kenya

Fall Out Boy head to Africa….Uganda really (What’s a rock band’s image without an African charity connection. Shout out to director extraordinaire Alan Ferguson) ) Clint Eastwood will direct Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon in a new Nelson Mandela movie “The Human Factor” (The Hollywood/Africa trend grows. They should expect a call from some concerned…
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Africa Enterprising articles part 4

The 4th edition of the The Carnival of African Enterprising has launched at Nii Simmonds’ Nubian Cheetah blog. As with the previous 3 installments of ideas, this edition highlights some of the best posts from the African business/entrepreneurship blogosphere. I’m happy to see that as the carnival continues, there are new names and perspectives being…
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