Tag: Events

Global Hip-hop in your city

Nomadic Wax, the crew behind the Democracy in Dakar video series, are taking their global hip-hop on a mini US tour. The Global Underground tour features international hip-hop pioneers Chosan (Sierra Leone), LF and Laylo (Brazil/Dominican Republic), Foundation Movement (Puerto Rico/Liberia), Zuluboy (South Africa), DJ Boo (Philippines) an accomplished group of percussionists including Ernesto Abreau…
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Careers in Africa Recruitment Summit

Here’s some information about a business summit that looks very promising. Set you calendars. Global Career Company is pleased to announce the Careers in Africa Recruitment Summit scheduled to take place in Houston, Texas on 16-18 November 2007. The Careers in Africa Summit is a unique recruiting event, enabling leading companies to attract and interview…
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The Paris Hilton effect on Africa’s development

We live in a celebrity-powered society. I don’t like it, but it’s the truth. Whoever said everyone will get their 15 minutes of fame, was way off. It seems like the expiration date on fame is being extended longer and longer. Fame in itself is not a bad thing, however, the individualism, it comes with…
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Africa Enterprising articles part 2

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…
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Video: How to help Africa? Do business there

An insightful video of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s speech at the TED conference earlier this year. (via YG)

Hip-hop’s African ancestry at Odyssey Awards

Last Saturday I attended the 5th Annual Hip-Hop Odyssey (H2O) Awards, held at BB Kings in New York City. Organized by the Hip-Hop Association, the awards ceremony recognized today’s hottest Hip-Hop filmmakers, industry professionals and pioneers. The event always features appearances and performances by Hip-Hop heavyweights. This year’s event, as usual, was packed with many…
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Top African-American talent plan trip to African Union Summit, Ghana

On Friday, June 15th, some of Hollywood’s most influential African-American talent got together at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, California for a panel discussion on promoting African-American interest in Africa. The meeting also served to organize a trip to attend the 9th Annual African Union Summit in Ghana next week. The gathering was organized…
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Economist Jeff Sachs and Africa’s other epidemic: Malaria

Can a Vision Save All of Africa? By Joe Nocera (Talking Business, NYTimes, June 16, 2007) It was “Malaria in Africa Week” here in New York. Not officially, of course. But by coincidence, two big malaria-related events took place that were by turns moving, inspiring and invigorating. To attend one or both was to come…
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Does Africa need technology or aid?

After his return from TEDGlobal 2007 in Tanzania, the NY Times’ Jason Pontin writes his analysis of the ongoing debate on what the most important element of Africa’s future success is. “I think this choice between aid and entrepreneurship is false. If we wait for trade, it will take generations, and people need help now.…
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Live modeling Adidas’ Materials of the World

Renowned fashion photographer Nick Knight is at it again with another fashion/art/multimedia project. His seminal SHOWstudio site – through which I had the honor of participating on the iD Magazine/London Fashion Week “Bring and Buy” project some years ago – now features a commercial project that “rethinks traditional advertising using motion image”. The project features…
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