Tweeting the Africa's Value Context session at #WEFAfrica
I am having too much fun tweetifying stories as you can see from my few past blog posts. Storify is such a good idea too I tell you. :-) Change is constant, positive change is good. When I saw Hannah Tetteh's name on one of the panels at the World Economic Forum on Africa, I saw this as an opportunity to meet her for the first time. Yes o, I had never met her. It took me coming to Cape Town to meet her. That said, I also met former president John Kufuor and current Vice-President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur for the first time. The long chat I had with Hannah and short interactions I had with J.A.K and Uncle Kwesi were interesting to say the least. I might blog about it in the future.
The session Hannah was in also featured a friend (a fellow African Global Shaper) I had made while in Cape Town. Some other African Global Shapers had told me earlier they'd met Ghana's current Minister of Foreign Affairs (and Regional Integration of Ghana) and that she was a lady. I had no idea who she was. I don't pay much attention to politics in Ghana, which really is the news on radio and TV that is. She was on a panel with the King of Swaziland, His Majesty King Mswati III, Cardinal and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria’s John Onalyekan, Executive Chairman and CEO of Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings in South Africa, Basetsana Khumalo and Creative Director of Amateur Heads Media in Nigeria, Ishaya Bako. It was moderated by the founder and Executive Chair of the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) Nkosana D. Moyo. I had met Mr. Moyo before when he attended the Stanford Africa (Business) Forum once. The subject was "Africa’s Values Context, which looked into the relevance of tradition with modernity".
I captured a few tweets there too.
The session itself would be remembered mostly for comments about how Swazi people do not want 'change' and arguably like the monarchy that exists in Swaziland. The press picked that up.
The session Hannah was in also featured a friend (a fellow African Global Shaper) I had made while in Cape Town. Some other African Global Shapers had told me earlier they'd met Ghana's current Minister of Foreign Affairs (and Regional Integration of Ghana) and that she was a lady. I had no idea who she was. I don't pay much attention to politics in Ghana, which really is the news on radio and TV that is. She was on a panel with the King of Swaziland, His Majesty King Mswati III, Cardinal and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria’s John Onalyekan, Executive Chairman and CEO of Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings in South Africa, Basetsana Khumalo and Creative Director of Amateur Heads Media in Nigeria, Ishaya Bako. It was moderated by the founder and Executive Chair of the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) Nkosana D. Moyo. I had met Mr. Moyo before when he attended the Stanford Africa (Business) Forum once. The subject was "Africa’s Values Context, which looked into the relevance of tradition with modernity".
I captured a few tweets there too.
"I come from a country where we have no business begging from anybody". - John Onaiyekan from #Naija. Oya, carry go! #weafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
It's important that our "leaders" don't ask the same questions we ask, but talk solutions. They must have thought about it? #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
"We should move beyond dignity to pride, we have to be able to identify our shame". - Ishaya Bako @naijafilmmaker #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
We shd be able to question our elders and not been disrespectful to them. Children must be heard & seen, build our value system. #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
2:33pm in South Africa. Just talked about the success of @ashesi while asking another question at #wefafrica. We dey do am. ;-) #233moments
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
Cool having African heads of state in sessions with the rest of us leaders in various capacities. Kudos World Economic Forum. #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
"Let's use our culture to our benefit. People coming to us should see we are unique people". King Mswati III. #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
"There's nothing backward about having traditional rulers. If so, then Britain is the most backward country". -John Onaiyekan #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
Onaiyekan to Ambassador of Switzerland: "How did the money get 2 ur place? Thank u 4 releasing it. We believe there're more". #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
"People should be more engaged n become active participants in governance n just voters or receptors of news". Hannah Tetteh #wefafrica
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
"There may be a shortage of jobs, but there is no shortage of work. #morevim to go & #shapeafrica!" - #WEFAfricaI also asked a question during the session about how we could implement values, ethics and integrity in our public institutions. I pointed out that Ashesi University had been able to do so and was a great case from the private sector. I don't remember getting a great answer other than it's harder to do this via public institutions.
— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) May 10, 2013
The session itself would be remembered mostly for comments about how Swazi people do not want 'change' and arguably like the monarchy that exists in Swaziland. The press picked that up.
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