The News from N’Djamena
Driving home from Boston late last night, I made an interesting discovery: Chad gets so little global media attention that the legendarily well-spoken BBC World… Read More »The News from N’Djamena
Overstating AIDS
A few years back, I was visiting the offices of a government aid agency in Accra with a colleague from the company – IESC –… Read More »Overstating AIDS
Guns, terror and money transfer – Somalia
A few months ago, it looked as if Somalia might be on the verge of recovery. Somalia’s parliament in exile finally met in Somalia, rather… Read More »Guns, terror and money transfer – Somalia
Tragic news from Lake Volta
Terrible news from Ghana, where a ferry has sunk in Lake Volta on Saturday afternoon. Ghana’s man-made lake – centerpiece of Nkrumah’s strategy to create… Read More »Tragic news from Lake Volta
A chance to speak up – notes for my talk at the Sweet Mother conference
I’m giving a talk (far too early) tomorrow morning at my friend Derrick Ashong’s Sweet Mother Tour conference, on new technology and the digital divide… Read More »A chance to speak up – notes for my talk at the Sweet Mother conference
Dictators detained and darkness at noon
It’s rare that a global event happens linking West Africa and Mongolia, two of my favorite places in the world. We got two this week:… Read More »Dictators detained and darkness at noon