The Economy Survey ChangeThis.com
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 […]
Keynote – Dr Pravin Gordhan: SARS and the Web
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 […]
TEDGlobal 2007: Session 12: Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
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 […]
TEDGlobal 2007: Session 3: Idris Mohammed
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 […]
TEDGlobal 2007: Session 3: Eleni Gabre-Madhin
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 […]