Bits & Pieces
Rethinking Africa on Africa Day
Watching the celebration of Africa day on television and social media had me thinking long and hard about what exactly it is that we, Africans, should be striving for.
More creative arts for the youth
I have been thinking about music and how without realizing, it is a part of our everyday lives. Whether it’s gospel, plain old regular music, birds chirping or just whistling we all have some music in our lives.
Identity and humanity
I am in Mauritius this week and have been very excited to discover a new side of the continent that I had never seen before.
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Destroying and building, all at the same time
I remember the first time I ever saw a border between two countries. I was visiting the Danakil depression and we were driving and there were nothing but land.
Fail and fail again…
I grew up being absolutely terrified of failure. That was my biggest fear, but the more I work on my projects, the less failure scares me.
Connecting Africa
I was browsing through the recently released African Visa Openness index report. This report was done by the African Development Bank and released in February this year.
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Technology and government: friends or foes?
Being back in Addis at the height of the debate on VoIP, such as Viber; WhatsApp and the like, has me thinking very hard about the relationship between technology and governments.
Silicon Valley, so far yet so close!
I'm in Silicon Valley this week, the heart of tech innovation as we know it today. It is quite the trip to get here but almost all of the technology related innovations since the 1990’s stem from this place.
Disconnectedly connected
It is so interesting that we have always had the perception that we are more connected to each other today than we used to be decades ago.
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Politics and corruption
I have been reading about the news from all over the world and realizing how something that runs our whole lives is so corrupt and corrupting.