There’s an odd moment that begins happening to you if you live your life as a serial entrepreneur – people stop introducing you in terms… Read More »Kind words for Geekcorps (and a peril of serial entrepreneurship)
My friend Andrew Heavens – a photojournalist and blogger based in Addis Ababa – posted a useful and provocative question in reaction to a blog… Read More »Why TED said no to Bono
If you’re interested in African issues, you’ve spent time thinking about this question: “Why is Africa poor?” One of my favorite development economists – Nancy… Read More »Maize, fish, ice, oil and AK-47s – reading the news about Africa and trade
Some stories around the African continent, in blogs and news, that have caught my attention over the past few days. – “idland”, the blog of… Read More »Once around the continent, quickly…
African bloggers are using the occasion of International Women’s Day – today – to honor great African women, whether these women are public figures, or… Read More »Honoring African Women
Lydia Polgreen, writing in the NY Times “Week in Review“, is fascinated by an apparent paradox – Africans, who objectively have some of the worst… Read More »Why hope in Africa is not a paradox.