Hot on the heels of my previous post about email jokes causing information pollution, I found a new manifesto on the very topic of bad email etiquette published here. Some of this could certainly apply to SMS or text messages as well.
My mentor, Arthur Goldstuck, has just released his latest stats on Internet growth in South Africa. According to his annual study, growth has slowed down to 3% per annum, and by the end of 2007, we will have ONLY 3.85 million South Africans online. This includes the explosion of access since broadband became available a…
Patrick Awuah left Microsoft to found Ashesi University. The question of transformation in Africa is a question of leadership. He gives a shocking example of two incidents at a hospital when they lost power. Learned about courage when stopped at age 16 and was taken by soldiers who wanted me to join some protesters. He…
Africa is a continent full of contradictions. You’re Harvard educated, and you’re coming here to tell us what to do? She told us about her experiences growing up. Although not in the slums, she grew up poor. She was sent to an expensive school and kept being thrown out. And once when she failed, she…
This is the 2nd talk on the second last session of TEDGlobal 2007. We need to commercialise enterprises or entrepreneurship in Africa. Chris Anderson, TED curator, described him as a one-man think tank, a libertarian economist. Address famine as a business opportunity. Lost $200 million due to famine in Kenya. The estimated cost 300 to…