Archive for 'Philanthropy'

From Activist to President: Why Youssou Ndour shouldn’t be President of Senegal

From Activist to President: Why Youssou Ndour shouldn’t be President of Senegal

Don’t get me wrong, I like Youssou Ndour. I have met him. I think he is a man of high calibre with extensive influence in Senegal and an international profile. His music has spoken to an [...]

My Top 50 Africans of the year 2011

My Top 50 Africans of the year 2011

“Across Africa, we have seen countless examples of people taking control of their destiny, and making change from the bottom up.” President Obama 2009 Here is the list of some of the amazing people we were [...]

Another bad AID idea for Africa

Another bad AID idea for Africa

I was alerted yesterday morning by Linda Raftree alias @meowtree on Twitter to the existence of a project to send 1 million tee-shirts to Africa. Run by a certain Jason Sadler, you can find out all [...]