The power of a hashtag to go global on a very local issue is very inspiring to me. That said, global narratives can be for good, as in #BringBackOurGirls or disastrous, as in the case of…
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From Poverty to Power » Why are Africans getting ripped off on remittances?
April 27, 2014 Diaspora at work EconomyDuncan Green writing for Oxfam’s From Poverty to Power blog: ‘Remittances to Africa are rising. In 2013, transfers to the region were valued at $32 billion, or around 2% of GDP. Charges on remittances to Africa…
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Rafia Zakaria has a great piece on The White Tourist’s Burden for Al Jazeera America: In recent years, the ethics of voluntourism, especially its underbelly of exploitation, have been questioned by academics and activists alike. Most…
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Catherine Phiri: Lack of a choice is not a choice. Just because that’s what we are given all the time doesn’t mean that’s what we want. Debunking the made-for-Africa script: Catherine Phiri at TEDxEuston – YouTube.…
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Small steps to building a better remittances engine to Uganda
April 19, 2014 Diaspora at work Economy Projects UgandaPost by remit.ug. Building something to solve a long-faced problem is one of the hardest and most satisfying things to undertake. Steve Jobs is famous for saying “we build things we want to use.” Remit.ug has…
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I am reading Dayo Olopade’s Bright Continent, and something occurred to me. Uganda seems to be everywhere. Nearly all the people I interact with in the development space have worked, lived, or toured the country physically…
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There are moments when being the owner of a struggling African agricultural startup can get overwhelming and it is all I can do to quit and run for the hills. Then there are the moments when…
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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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Cities in motion: how we mapped the matatus of Nairobi | Cities | theguardian.com
March 22, 2014 KenyaMapping chaos: With Peter Waiganjo and Dan Orwa of the University of Nairobi’s C4D lab at the school of computing and informatics, and Sarah Williams of MIT’s civic data design lab, plus support from the Rockefeller…
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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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