Earlier this month, I received an email from Chris Anderson, the curator of TED, following up on the conference in Tanzania. Several videos from the TEDGlobal conference I attended in Arusha a few months ago premièred online. My favourite is George Ayittey, who roused the audience, alternating from lacerating criticism of Africa’s “hippo generation” to…
Despite the impression on most websites that you need a credit card to shop on the Web, that is not entirely the case. In this article I present some alternatives to using a credit card. Last time round I explained how to shop online, but my assumption were based on the fact that most e-commerce…
Online shopping has taken off in South Africa and here’s some useful tips on how to avoid getting robbed in broad cyber light. With over 800 local ecommerce website to choose from and thousands upon thousands of international websites like Amazon.com and others it has become much more acceptable to purchase goods online. According to…
Yesterday, I received my first Worldspace Radio. This is thanks to the generous sponsorship by Worldspace to all the TEDGlobal 2007 Fellows. The Worldspace Satellite Radio service was founded by Noah Samara in 1990 with a particular focus on serving the world where coverage of terrestrial radio is difficult or non-existent. I was trying to…
Driving around Johannesburg, I’ve noticed several huge billboards advertising the new show on M-NET, Ugly Betty. The reviews are all positive in the South African media, like this one by Tashi Tagg. And this is to be expected because we live in a politically correct country, or some would say world. Now I have not…