• Is The New Facebook A Personal Discovery or A Storytelling Tool?

    Re-blog From Brian Solis Blog: “For the first time ever in a single day we had 500 million people use Facebook” – Mark Zuckerberg For those who focus on the debate between Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter are missing the true story. Today at Facebook’s f8 developer conference we...
  • Aliko Dangote Tops Africa's Billionaire List

    How much would it cost to be on the Top Billionaires List for Africa? GHC1 billion (Ghana Cedis), N1 billion (Naira) or R1 billion (Rand)? It is that time of the year, the American business magazine; Forbes.com has published its annual list of the richest people on planet Earth....
  • Seminar: Adoption of an E-Voting System in Ghana.

    Somewhere in February, 2010; I wrote a post for Global Voices Online entitled; “Is Ghana Ready For e-Voting?; in which I quoted the Honorable Communication’s Minister; Haruna Iddrisu urging the Ghanaian government to research more into electronic voting implementation by 2016 and not for 2012 elections. In the same...
  • Code of Ethics for Citizen Journalists (Bloggers)

    A lot of discussion is currently on-going about the need for bloggers/citizen journalist to adopt a sort of “code of conducts” for their chosen passion in new media and citizen journalism. According to Lanita Pace; Director of Multimedia and Technology Programs at the Knight Digital Media Center at UC...
  • Call for Applications – Young Media Summit in Tunisia

    Are you a blogger, Internet activist or a freelance online-journalist from Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya or Mauritania? Would you like to participate in a forum to exchange views on the political situation in the region, the role of social media, quality standards in online-reporting, the economic potential of blogging...
  • Google Launches Google+, a Facebook Look-alike.

    Yesterday, while tweeting my heart away as I normally do in the mornings, I came across an interesting link referring to a new social networking service from the search-engine giant; Google called Google+. Google+ is the search giant’s all-in attempt to add a social layer onto their other products,...
  • 2 Ghanaians For CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards

    Finalists in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist awards for 2011 have been announced by Joel Kibazo, Chair of the independent judging panel. The competition is now in its 16th year and this year, Ghana has two journalists vying for laurels in the prestigious competition. They are Kofi Akpabli,...
  • EduNet Africa Conference 2011 – Lagos, Nigeria

    From June 07 – 08, 2011; a group of young, enthusiastic  and tech-savvy Nigerians are putting together a technology-focused event dubbed: EduNet Africa 2011 aimed at – “Exploring the Opportunities of a Connected Tertiary Institution to Pioneer Digital Revolution in Africa.” About EduNet Africa: EduNet Africa conference is the...
  • Is the UN's Approval For A "No-fly zone" On Libya An Euphemism For War?

    Cross-linked at Future Challenges Organization‘s blog Heads of States, World Leaders, NGO’s & Civil Organizations around the world are vigorously debating the recommend-ability of establishing a No-Fly Zone resolution to stop the violence unfolding in Libya. One might want to ask. What is a “No-Fly Zone“? In short and...