I’ll be speaking at a panel about Women and Innovative Entrepreneurship in Uganda at Georgetown tomorrow. Join us for the screening of the short film, “Barefoot in Business,” which follows the fortunes of three Ugandan business women…
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BBC World Service – In the Balance, African Enterprise
March 22, 2014 Appearances International DevelopmentI was honored to be on Manuela Saragosa’s show, In The Balance, on BBC World Service to talk about African Enterprise and the lack of affordable capital to make them grow. What do African businessmen and…
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On Sunday I arrived in New York at Social Good Summit for my on-stage chat with firebrand serial social entrepreneur, Magatte Wade. Needless to say, even though I knew of her, of her passion, of her…
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Just published this morning, my first op-ed for SciDev.net about African-led development of the continent, powered by technology. The musician and activist Bono and development academics such as Bill Easterly and Paul Collier are no longer…
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Social Good Summit 2013 kicks off this weekend in NYC. This year I was invited to share the stage with Magatte Wade, the sharp tongued (her take down of Jeffrey Sachs is a must read) and…
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Voices from Maasai Women: thoughts on Mindy Bugdor’s ‘Warrior Princess’
September 13, 2013 AppearancesI have been toying with the idea of writing a full blog post in response Mindy Budgor’s ill-advised Warrior Princess book that I linked to yesterday. Partly because I got so incensed by and felt I really…
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On September 27, join yours truly, along with Tope Folarin, Prof. Carol Boyce Davies, and Hannah Pool at Pace University as we explore the topic of Africa’s literary identity. I am looking forward to joining this…
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My Q and A with @tmsruge: Hiring Locally for #socent Project Management in Africa | Voye’m
March 31, 2013 AppearancesTeddy’s was the voice that first challenged my perspective on building a business in Africa. Much of my model at Nakate has been created around his advice and the advice of his colleagues, both on the…
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(CNN) — Let’s give praise where praise is due. Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 viral video campaign has done what no other advocacy organization has been able to do until now: capture 29 minutes worth of attention…
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The “Kony 2012” campaign is a different kind of beast. Here, the voice of the marginalized is minimized, and their agency to determine the course of their future is stripped. They become bit players in their…
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