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I get into a lot of discussion on Whatsapp groups these days. For good reason and good measure :-) I have blogged about some of those via these - especially about volunteerism due to a conversation I was part of in the NUGS Volta Women's Bloc . In April 2020, a video about Fred McBagonluri was circulating on Ghanaian Whatsapp. Fred went to MIT (my alma mater) , was the first Dean of Engineering at Ashesi (one of my favorite universities worldwide) and he now leads Academic City which is  also doing and growing well. Someone reacted to the video seeming to say Fred is able to do the things he does because he went to a top university abroad . I went to one of those and that is not the whole story. Africans who go to universities in Africa can also be world class. Let me expand upon my thoughts with actual submissions I made on the Whatsapp page - called South Tongu Business Hub . Those from Sogakope and nearby, what's up? KNUST alumni who are exposed and have educa...

The 2010 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) winners have been announced. I got to know about the winners through the AMAA's Facebook page while discussing it with another friend. How cute? Social networking all the way! Ghanaian movies did quite well but I think the Nigerian movie, Figurine, stole the show. Someone please get me that movie. You know I'll write a good review :-) Ghanaian movies did well. Perfect Picture picked up a bunch of awards as well as I Sing Of a Well (ISOAW) which took home two. " A Sting In a Tale" (ASIAT) also won one. Here is the full list of winners; and in bold is who I predicted would/should win since I haven't seen all the movies. BEST DOCUMENTARY - 3. Bariga Boys(Nigeria) Not sure what this is about but it's a must see. BEST SHORT FILM - 2. The Abbys Boys -(South Africa) I guess this makes up for the few South African nominations. Lekker. BEST ANIMATION - 1. Hanayns Shoe (Egypt) It's nice to see an Egyptian movie win some...

This is a quickie. William Kamkwamba is a Malawian who at age 14, built a windmill to provide power/electricity for his household in his Malawian village. Since then, he's built a couple more and gained a lot of publicity for his courage and ingenuity. He was on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart yesterday and I wanted to post the video of that segment. This is one of Africa's shining stars and it's nice to see him go places. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c William Kamkwamba www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Ron Paul Interview He's also spoken at a couple of TED conferences. At TEDGlobal 2007 in Arusha, he told his story. A couple of my friends who attended the conference in Tanzania met him too. I was actually put in touch with him so he could help provide and get Malawian content for Museke.com. The move never materialized though. Here are a couple of his TED talks. He's now at the African Leadership Academy (ALA) in...