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Rule Number 1 of hosting a blogging conference = make sure that the conference room has internet connectivity (those of you who I expect to put your money where you mouth is and start planning the African blogging conference that you want to see (polemics does nothing for Africa ) – take note). The […] Via the website: “For the first time in history, a generation poised with the resources and tools to do something positive to address the many challenges that face them. Through education, technology, media and travel, this is the first truly global generation. Thousands of young women around the world use Imagining Ourselves as a platform […] First speaker = Peter Schellschmidt (Head of Friedrich Ebert Foundation’s Media Project for Southern Africa) – Future of state owned newspapers and news agencies in Africa has largely been neglected. – Big issue is funding vis-a-vis editorial independence. The rest of his talk was very dry. Second speaker = Tawana Kupe (Head of the […] The presentations that I have attended so far haven’t really been bloggable…here’s my first attempt to cover a workshop. The session is covering the status of the EASSY project. I expect the South Africa / Kenya tensions over the cable to come up in the discussion. Dr Henry Chasia, the head of NEPAD’s E-Africa […] So, I have just landed in Grahamstown for Highway Africa for the early part of the week and later in the week the “great-white-folk- d0-gooder-conspiracy -to-do-God-knows-what-to-ultimately-throttle-the-African-blogosphere-or-something-like-that” (tongue firmly in cheek, and wake me up as soon as “true” Africans plan, fund, and organize, the “true” African blogging indab…um..meet-up). So, I have just landed in Grahamstown for Highway Africa for the early part of the week and later in the week the “great-white-folk-d0-gooder– conspiracy-to-do-God-knows-what-to-ultimately-throttle-the-African-blogosphere-or-something-like-that” (tongue firmly in cheek, and wake me up as soon as “true” Africans plan, fund, and organize, the “true” African blogging indab…um..meet-up). First, I am a woman. i.e. Ms. Ory Okolloh. Kevin Kelley’s original article that was submitted to the Nation editors was gender-neutral, but the editors, in their wisdom, (wrongly) assumed that I was a man and stuck the Mr. label (perhaps influenced by gender stereotypes and the idea that the average Kenyan woman cannot […] You can now click here to register for TED Africa and apply for the 100 scholarships that will be available to attendees from Africa. |
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