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
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
Hao Wu’s sister, Wu Na, has begun blogging about her brother’s detention. It’s clear how difficult this is for her, reading a translation of her… Read More »Wu Na writes about her brother, Hao Wu
Update: They got him. And now he’s in Sierra Leone being guarded by UN-helmeted Mongolians. And we all know, you don’t want to mess with… Read More »Taylor slips away. Again.
A year ago, Meles Zenawi was being celebrated as part of a generation of “new African leaders”, cracking down on corruption, expanding democracy and leading… Read More »Bombs and Blogs in Addis Ababa
For the last several days, rumors have been circulating in the Belarus blogosphere that the unprecedented protests in October Square in Minsk wouldn’t be allowed… Read More »Protests in Minsk: Nice while it lasted