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)
“What makes a country great is not that people stay there, but that other people want to come there” (via YG)
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
Official trailer for Don Cheadale’s documentary Darfur Now.
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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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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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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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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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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