King Leopold’s Ghost
A must-watch documentary.
Empty Bowls, Empty Thoughts?
The ongoing famine/hunger crisis in East Africa couldn’t have come at any convenient time, but during the Holy Month of Ramadan…
The Internet, society and revolutions
“Most of what young people do online revolves around them communicating to each other or downloading entertainment… it’s not clear how they will advance this level of actually being politically active.”
How to fight bribery
If this is applied in Tanzania for example, and becomes a success, it will definitely be bad news for the “mission-town” workforce and all those people of “madili”.
Osama is dead; but…
“…unlike many, I am not swamped with butterflies of joy, but baffled with what I should write on my facebook status. Rest in Peace or Rot in Hell.”
Social media platforms and revolutions
Author Malcolm Gladwell disagrees with the assessment of social media’s role in the Middle East uprisings.
HIV as you’ve never seen it before
To create the visualisation, the team consulted over 100 articles on HIV from leading science journals and talked to experts in the field.
Japani na miradi ya nyuklia
Mengi yameripotiwa kwenye vyombo vya habari kuhusu matetemeko ya ardhi na tsunami nchini Japani. Na Fukushima, ambapo kuna mitambo ya kuzalisha nishati ya nyuklia, imekuwa kwenye vichwa vya habari kwa takribani wiki nzima.
Did you know 4.0
Do you know how fast different technologies are converging today?
Salman Khan on TED about reinventing education
He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script.
Why we have too few women leaders
This talk is neither about women v. men, nor about feminism v. masculinism.
Commercial education
Recently, the director of the London School of Economics resigned after admitting the school’s financial ties with Gaddafi’s regime. What does this say about the credibility of formal education?
A historic moment in the Arab world
…at this powerful moment when people realized they could step out of their houses and ask for change.
The beat at the Harvard Africa Business Conference
The theme this year was ‘Your African Legacy’ and a lot of the discussion revolved around Africans living in Africa as well as those in the Diaspora are taking steps to create their African legacy through projects, NGO’s and businesses that they are involved in.
Pilipili
Ifuatayo ni taswira ya muonekano wa kirusi cha ukimwi (HIV). Kama ulicheza gololi, basi kirusi hiki kina udogo wa zaidi ya mara bilioni tisini ya eneo la gololi dungu!
Chemsha bongo
Hizi nyayo aliziacha nani? Wapi? Zina umuhimu gani?
Bon Voyage
A short film about a woman’s reflections on her immigration to France.
YouthActionNet call for applications
Winners recieve technical assistance and networking opportunities that will aid the development of their socially entrepreneurial organizations.
Good Manners in the Age of WikiLeaks
Is the debate around wikileaks raising the right questions? In a recent essay published in the London Review of Books, philosopher Slavoj Žižek – the elvis of cultural theory – explains.
WikiRebels: A WikiLeaks Documentary
Where is the secretive organization heading? Stronger than ever, or broken by the US? Who is Assange: champion of freedom, spy or rapist? What are his objectives? What are the consequences for the internet?
Chemsha bongo
Tell us, where the hell can one find such a thing? What is it for? Is it functional, if at all?
Thoughts on WikiLeaks
How have recent WikiLeaks reports containing American diplomatic cable messages added to the continuing discource of transparency in global governance?
JUMO
Jumo — a new social network that compliments facebook and other social network media.
PhD grad rejects diploma
His main issue of concern was the new Munk School of Global Affairs, launched after a $35 million donation from Peter Munk and his wife. Munk is Chairman of Barrick Gold, a mining company registered in Canada.
Face the issue
I like how “facetheissue” has used simple animations to provoke discussions about these serious social issues.
Teke linalokujia
Kweli aliyesema teknolojia ni ‘teke linalokujia’ hakukosea.
Ultra-tiny home
Is this the future of homes in the big cities?
On colloquialism, the genesis of an incoherent non-policy politics (II)
Part II of Kiranga’s essay
On colloquialism, the genesis of an incoherent non-policy politics (I)
Political parties and practical, coherent ideologies
Warren Buffett and Jay Z
Warren Buffett and Jay Z may come from different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common: successful entrepreneurs.