As early as 2007, my eyes began to witness the full potential of our impact through remittances. I remember wondering if there were other members of the Diaspora feeling the same pull to the continent that…
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Staying silent is a crime, so engage on climate change | Making our future sustainable
March 31, 2013 AppearancesSince climate change affects all of us, it seems appropriate that we all should have a voice at the decision-making table. All too often though, we only get to hear from the academics, the heads of…
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Africa’s gerontocracy isn’t going to last much longer – The Globe and Mail
March 31, 2013 AppearancesAt 68, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is nearly five decades older than his country’s newly sworn-in MP Proscovia Alengot Oromait, who wasn’t even born when her head of state was first elected to office 26 years…
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Africa’s booming tech space will define the continent’s future – The Globe and Mail
March 31, 2013 AppearancesI posit that Africa’s tech space is positioning itself to offer a similar magical combination of factors that will allow Africa’s digerati to define themselves. In 2009, Africa’s population topped one billion for the first time…
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Was thrilled when Guardian asked me to pen a piece on social media and the African Diaspora: So long as our collective voice and our money continue to engage the continent, our political influence won’t be…
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(CNN) — While the developed nations drag their feet on inclusive trade agreements with emerging markets, Africa is busy redefining itself. Most of the continent’s countries — remnants of colonial rule — are barely 50 years…
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Global Conference on Human Rights, Democracy and the Fragility of Freedom
March 24, 2013 AppearancesFor the past 6 months, I had the privilege of facilitating dialog between 25 global young leaders who were selected into the 2013 class of McGill Echenberg Fellowship. This week, we converged in frigid Montreal for…
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How the African diaspora is using social media to influence development
February 9, 2013 Appearances Diaspora at work International DevelopmentThis past week I contributed a piece to the Global Development Professionals Network, a new Guardian initiative. Their current series is focused on Africa. My piece is a focus on how Africans in the Diaspora are…
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Beyond Kony2012: Atrocity, Awareness, & Activism in the Internet Age
April 29, 2012 Appearances International Development UgandaI spent this weekend reading through Beyond Kony2012 Atrocity, Awareness, & Activism in the Internet Age. It was compiled and edited by Amanda Taub of Wronging Rights fame. Below are some excerpts from the authors (including yours…
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Africa 3.0: Technology and Media in Africa
July 10, 2010 Appearances Events & Conferences technologyAfrica 3.0: Technology and Media in Africa View more presentations from TMS Ruge. In June 2010, I had the pleasure of presenting at Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM)’s first Conversation. My task was to…
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