Ever since ChangeThis.com launched, I have enjoyed the short ebooks they produce and make available at no cost. Often it was a summary or first chapter from books by best-selling authors like Seth Godin, Timothy Ferriss, Chris Anderson or Guy Kawasaki. Anyway, here’s a recent email from them with something that hits home in these…
Dr Pravin Gordhan, commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), opened the WWW2007 conference with a keynote on SARS and the Web. More generally, how the government is using technology to alleviate poverty, create jobs. He asked many questions like: We have a huge asymmetry in the population who have very good access and…
Dr Okonjo-Iweala, Distinguished Fellow at Brookings Institution and former Finance Minister of Nigeria, presented the final talk at TEDGlobal: Africa, the next chapter. She spoke at the TED conference in Monterey, California, in February 2007. Africa the old: the next chapter. The growth in sub-Saharan Africa is strong and inflation is under control, but the…
One of those moments at TEDGlobal that made me feel jazzy inside was when two performers from the Zip Zap Circus School came on stage to entertain us. I didn’t know what to expect because I’ve never heard of them before. Rest assured, I will be on the lookout for future performances back in South…
I cannot believe the first day of TEDGlobal is over. We had a dinner party sponsored by Google on Monday evening, and today it’s jam-packed. Later, I’m attending a lunch sponsored by Google.org, where they’ll mention some projects they are involved with in Africa. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, is an Economist who is working to set up…