Category: Politics

Going home with a business plan

On the train ride home last week I ran into a Ghanaian friend of mine and we got to talking about what else, doing business in Ghana. As we compared stories and ideas, my friend expressed to me his frustration with building a house in Ghana. Granted he still lives in the US, it is…
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This week in African Style 3/17 – 3/23/07

• Virgin Atlantic opens East Africa route and competes with British Airways. • Innovation and investment at Oprah’s African schools. • Tragedy of 5 lost in Bronx fire lead American media to Mali’s red earth. • Russia looks to sign energy, metals deals in Africa. • Americans milk Africa to death. • Queen Latifah competes…
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Selling African culture Bollywood-style

Reading this article about Bollywood and the brand new Kenyan film commission has me thinking about the African film industry and how it can grow. As some of you might already know, for the past year I’ve been consulting with the African Film Commission in developing and promoting the African film industry. This article about…
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This week in African Style 3/1 – 3/16/07

• BBC launches new Africa Beyond website. • CNN, Niger Delta and Western Media Portrayals of Africa Part III. • Ghana: Independence? Try ‘aid-dependence’. • Chinese Minister: African people will never welcome colonialists to plunder their resources. • Africa and Europe set for tunnel link. • MySpace and The New York Times sends readers on…
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African woman in business at TED conference

Fellow blogger Benin has been doing a great job with his African Women in Business series. Reading his series has inspired me to keep an eye out for African women who are keeping pace with the men in changing the world we live in. While looking at the schedule for the TED conference, which started…
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Bono: the busiest man in Africactivism

Bono is probably the busiest Africa lobbyist of the decade. Every time I look up, he’s involved in some Africa-related initiative. What separates him from the rest of the celebrity Africa-enthusiasts is his ability to develop initiatives which explore new avenues to address Africa’s issues. In the past few days alone, he’s been awarded an…
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Ghana: 50 years young

March 6th will mark the 50 year anniversary of Ghana’s independence. A lot can happen in 50 years, and a lot has happened in Ghana in the past 50 years. Besides the celebration of Ghana’s independence, I’ve been thinking about how many of us expect miracles when a country like Ghana has only had 50…
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Damon Dash goes to Ghana for the UN

For those wondering where Jay-Z’s former partner, Damon Dash, is these days, he’s been doing his part for the United Nations World Food Programme, which launched in April of 2006 to raise monies towards halving the number of hungry people in the world, particularly children, by 2015. A few months ago Dash and his family,…
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This week in African Style 2/24 – 3/2/07

• Africa and the winds of globalisation part 1 and part 2. • South Africa helping the American film industry reel in the money. • Angelina Jolie travels to Africa to raise Darfur awareness. • Reuters’ editor-in-chief outlines plans for Africa site. • Ethiopia and the global antiterrorism campaign. • New York’s Museum for African…
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Simmons, DiCaprio and Africa empowerment

The publicity bout over the image of diamonds continued throughout both Oscar and All-Star weekends with both Russell Simmons and Leonardo DiCaprio doing their part to promote awareness of their initiatives addressing blood diamonds. Simmons recently launched his Green Initiative jewelry line in Beverly Hills, California with celebrities such as Sanaa Lathan, Eva Pigford, Serena…
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