There are lots of people out there who feel as though they have failed at something they anticipated to have high success with. And some of us truly have failed, not only once but multiple times (myself included). But, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that I’m finding the case is [...]
Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Rant: Why I believe African tech needs an ombudsman
First, what in the world is an ombudsman? By traditional definition, an ombudsman is a person who attempts to hear out complaints between two entities and investigates whether or not there is a case to be heard. Many newspapers (remember those?) have an ombudsman that receives letters to the editor that are usually submitted by [...]
6/10/2010 Update
The glorious nature of a blog is that you can write whenever and whatever you want. However, that comes with its fair share of consequences. You cannot expect to gain a “following” if you don’t blog often and frequent. But, then again, maybe that’s not your intention of blogging in the first place. My intention [...]
African Centre for Mobile Financial Inclusion gearing up for launch
Since late 2009 I have been working with an international group of ambitious mobile technology professionals in areas ranging from mobile banking to microfinance. We are banding together to form an organization called “African Centre for Mobile Financial Inclusion”. Our official launch is coming in May 2010, with our founder, Emmanuel Okoegwale from Nigeria, leading [...]
Kiva Pledge Update: Featured Project
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
Kiva Pledge Update: Featured Project
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
Kiva Pledge Update: Featured Project
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
Kiva Pledge Update: Featured Project
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
Kiva Pledge Update: Featured Project
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
African Diaspora Marketplace: A USAID program I can get behind
About a month ago, it was announced that the United States Agency for International Development was teaming up with Western Union and a host of other partners to provide funding in the range of $50-100k and technical assistance to members of the African diaspora based in the U.S., desiring to build businesses in their home [...]
