Archive for March, 2010
LinkedIn® For BlackBerry®
Making sense of social media is a daunting task. MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, various Ning networks, etc all vie for our time and our energy, each supposed to serve a purpose yet often seeming more like redundant spaces. Beginning last year, I made it my mission to figure out all these spots I had profiles on [...]
PayPal Launches In South Africa
Being a layman when it comes to most technical things, there are certain things that I always seem to discover late and PayPal is one of those. I had always heard it being bandied around but never really took the time to figure out what it was about.
Until, a couple of months back, I was [...]
The Skin I’m In
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in Johannesburg has a number of different experiential programmes that are designed to change and expand perspective. I have been fortunate to interact with the space quite a bit and, for the last four years, have spoken at the opening session of their programme for high schools students called [...]
The Secret Millionaire
The reality television shows I enjoy have tended to have been ones that involve a real skill such as Project Runway, So You Think You Can Dance or Top Chef. These shows do have a real impact on the lives of those who enter but none more so than The Secret Millionaire, which I recently [...]
Nike’s Plastic Football Kits
Merchandising for football clubs (soccer for the Americans) is massive business. The various brands pump much development into securing sponsorship deals with the football clubs that are spread across the globe. Premier League, Serie A and La Liga clubs are now global brands and push out thousands of football tops throughout the world. Take one [...]
Sulley Muntari (AFF)
Being a Black Stars fan, I obviously admire many a player on the team, including Michael Essien, Stephen Appiah, John Mensah and Asamoah Gyan, as well as the young guard working their way into first team, after winning the FIFA U21 World Championship and helping Black Stars reach the Africa Cup of Nations 2010 Final.
That [...]
Poem: Children of the Stars
This Saturday, Ghana celebrates its 53rd year as an independent nation. While I did not grow up in Ghana, I do feel a strong bond with the land of my ancestors and was raised with the pan-African ideals that Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah was instrumental in developing. I still believe in those and consider myself African [...]
Winner of Sade Hamper
The winner of the Sade Hamper, which consists of 3 CDs (Best of Sade, Lovers Rock & Stronger Than Pride) and 2 DVDs (Live In San Diego & Lovers Live) is NKULULEKO MADONSELA. Congratulations Nkuli. Enjoy the music. Sade is forever timeless.
Thank you to everyone who entered and please keep an eye out for further [...]
TKzee’s New Video – Dikakapa
TKZee are legendary. When they came on the music / kwaito scene over 10 years ago, they truly changed how kwaito was perceived and created. Their past EPs and albums, from Phalafala and Shibobo to Halloween and Trinity, amongst others, hold a very special place in the hearts of many South Africans (and Africans).
The three [...]