"A view of Africa and Africans with a focus on entrepreneurship,innovation,technology,practical remedies and other self sustaining activities.".....Emeka Okafor
Emeka Okafor is an entrepreneur and venture catalyst who lives in New York City.He was the director for TED Global 2007 that took place in Arusha, Tanzania and is the TED Africa Director. His interests include sustainable technologies in the developing world and paradigm breaking technologies in general. His blog, Timbuktu Chronicles seeks to spur dialogue in areas of entrepreneurship, technology and the scientific method as it impacts Africa.
"Timbuktu is a city unsullied by the worship of idols...a refuge of scholarly and righteous folk, a haunt of saints and ascetics, and a meeting place of caravans and boats" -Al-Sa'Di
Millen Magese
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[Show as slideshow] Tanzanian model Millen Magese was chosen as the lead
promotional model for Africa Fashion Week. She is signed to Ford Models in
New Yor...
KQ cannot trust corrupt KAA
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KQ used to face multiple complaints about lost/stolen luggage when it relied
on KAA for safety of its passengers' cargo & luggage.
No more. KQ hires its own...
CRAFT weekly recap
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This week on CRAFT we saw:
this Eraser Ring Tutorial,
Maybod Morvarid: Traditional Iranian Porcelain,
Ideas for Traveling with Kids,
Jo Hamilton's Croc...
Patterns Recognised
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Pattern Recognition presentation/discussion last night - the translator deserves a win-bonus, we ran for 3 hours, b...
Update on Isiolo/Samburu: must read
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I’m posting reports that I’ve received in response to my earlier post, I’ve
not verified the information but the sources appear credible and at the very
le...
links for 2009-07-19
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AfricaNext!/IDEG grounding with Ethan Zuckerman - Vox An interesting
conversation in a noisy bar - Amos Anyimadu, I and others discuss web2.0 in
a Ghanaian...
Scientists Warn Against Retrenchment On Aids
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At the opening of the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and
Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa, leaders have urged continued momentum
to...
Fat burning concept phone
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[image: quotemarksright.jpg]The Stix concept phone is designed by Cyrene
Quiamco and helps burn off calories to keep you in shape....
Day 7 - Waking Up Outside
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We get a peek of last night’s action, including some of Gever’s latest
tinkering (with light). And Robyn and I must eat our words: 5 Tinkerers
(plus Theo a...
Garmap for Mobile Impresses
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Yesterday, a Saturday, was a hectic day for me. As the unofficial family
driver (my wife drives too), it was my honourable task to haul us all around
Lagos...
OVERWHELMING TED
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OVERWHELMING TED
Wow! It really is different reading about how wonderful the TED event is and
that of ACTUALLY experiencing it. And this is just the ope...
This Week In Appfrica [Jul 12 - Jul 18]
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“This Week in Appfrica” is a weekly digest highlighting articles and stories
from the previous week. If you’re interested in becoming an advertiser on
this...
Register for Maker Faire Africa by Mobile Phone
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Anyone planning on going to Maker Faire Africa can register by sending a
text message with their name or email address to: +233261685159 After you
register...
Was Moore's Law Inevitable?
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In the early 1950s the same thought occurred to many people at once: things
are improving so fast and so regularly, there might be a pattern to the
impro...
MAYBELLINE NEW YORK AND IMG ANNOUNCE SPONSORSHIP OF
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MAYBELLINE NEW YORK AND IMG ANNOUNCE SPONSORSHIP OFMERCEDES-BENZ FASHION
WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY New York, NY July 16, 2009 – Cosmetics leader,
Maybelline Ne...
Shaking up the Nairobi Investment Scene
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*Knocking Off Rogue Brokers*
The Kenya Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has published new regulations that
could knock off customer confidence in any small...
Pixar: Interview with Jobs and Lasseter
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Rounding out my past two Pixar-centric posts, I wanted to end the week with this
video interview, that Charlie Rose did with Pixar creative director, John
...
Plastic Trash Become Drums in West Africa
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2000 djembe drums were created from 20 tons of plastic trash. “La Victoire
sur les Sachets” is a short video showing their “victory over the plastic
bags”....
We Care Solar - Dr. Laura Stachel
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From site:
*Our Mission*
WE CARE SOLAR promotes safe motherhood and reduces maternal mortality in
developing regions by providing health workers with rel...
Sun Energy Empowers Ethiopian Village
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[image: The village of Rema in northern Ethiopia]
BBC News -- Two years after the installation of a solar power project funded
by international aid groups...
Lessons from the mLearning Summit in Zambia
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There’s an excellent post up on MobileActive about the recent mLearning
Summit held in Zambia, titled “Go Mobile: Using Mobile Learning to Teach
21st Centu...
A commitment to serve
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First Lady Michelle Obama recently kicked off the “Summer of Service”
initiative to promote volunteerism this summer. Serve.gov has some great
ideas and t...
Recipes for Doro Wat, Gomen Wat, and Kik
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Here are those recipes (courtesy of Laura Litwiller) for some of the dishes in our injera (Ethiopian flabread) videos (See last few blog postings). Chicken ...
Banksy takes street art to walls of Mali
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UK-based Banksy, one of my favorite street artists turned art world hero,
has recently taken his brand of political commentary to the streets of
Africa, Ma...
Impact of reduction in MPR from 8% to 6% on the NSE
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The CBN made an aggressive move by slashing the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR)
by 200 basis points from 8% to 6% last week. This is the second time the MPR
wou...
Digital Open - Call for submissions
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What can you make with technology that will change the world—or even just
make life a little easier or more fun? Institute for the Future, in
partnership w...
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1. Kenyan farmers benefit from new ICRISAT-developed pigeon pea varieties
2. Malawi increases fertiliser subsidy
3. India joins 'neocolonial' rush for Afri...
Ghana's most irreverent!
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Ato Kwamena Dadzie, a journalist who bills himself as "Ghana's most
irreverent," has a great take on the effort by Alfred Vanderpuije, Accra's
new mayor, ...
Zain vs MTN? You Decide!
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It's been a while, I know. Have not yet mustered up the courage to write a
piece on VODAFONE's "Red Day", and how deceptive it is. While you wait with
bait...
CHICHIA LONDON
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The ladieswear brand Chichia London was established in 2007 by London based
designer Christine Mhando. Each of their collections consists of an eclectic
ra...
How To Choose A Web Hosting Company
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How To Choose A Web Hosting Company If you are wondering how to choose a web
hosting company, then read this article. There are thousands of web hosting
co...
Economist Magazine monitors XoutTB
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The latest issue of the Economist magazine's Technology Monitor has a
profile of our smart therapeutic compliance system - XoutTB.
How To Make Sadza Batik - A tutorial
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Here are some simple instructions for the sadza batik technique. Let us know
how your project goes:
*INTRODUCTION*
*A. History of Sadza Batik
*So far we ha...
Bio Degradable Insulation
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A cutting edge Bio degradable Insulation for Construction and other purposes
has appeared in the market.Their website says "...Greensulate™ is an
afforda...
MicroFranchise Toolkit available again
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I received a notice today that the MicroFranchise Toolkit, published out of
BYU's Center for Economic Self-Reliance, is available again for purchase
after...
VEDA.com.ng Has Gone Live!
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Just about one hour ago, VEDA Technology launched their homepage which
features the 4 products they’ll be launching tomorrow at the Civic Centre in
Victori...
Nokia and education, part one
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Met some really interesting students who are designing and exploring
education delivery on handheld devices. ‘Project Nokia.Expand aims to create
a learnin...
Spore - Free Online Food Processing Information
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Spore is the monthly publication of CTA, an ACP-EU institution working in
the field of information for development, that focusses on smaller scale
agricult...
Chanel Iman
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According to Wikipedia "...Chanel Iman Robinson (born November 30, 1989),
better known as Chanel Iman, is an American fashion model.Robinson was born
in A...
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1. India -Tanzania trade volume now at $750 million
2. Nigeria bails out its textile industry
3. South Africa in growing trade conflict with EU
4. Time to...
Samasource featured in the Stanford Daily
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A reporter from the Daily discussed Samasource in her piece on the Social E
Challenge Business Plan competition, published on the front page of today’s
pap...
Nairobi: Recycling center overwhelmed
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The Karen Langata District Association (KLDA) runs a bottle bank at the
Langata Link complex where residents of Karen and Langata can drop off empty
glass ...
Botswana's Tourist Trade Roars
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Wide-open skies, teeming wildlife, well-developed infrastructure, and a
stable political scene combine to make Botswana one of Africa’s fastest
growing tou...
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