tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210897912024-02-07T09:42:31.862+02:00Perfect for Biltonga digital scrapbookMjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.comBlogger584125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-88438155438573086582015-03-19T19:47:00.000+02:002015-03-19T19:47:51.928+02:00Be The Architect Of Your Dream App<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-50157861462427728622014-12-13T05:29:00.000+02:002015-03-19T20:40:11.913+02:00Tirole's Nobel Lecture<a href="http://www.ecgi.org/members_directory/member.php?member_id=80">Jean Tirole</a>'s 2014 Nobel Economics Prize <a href="http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/2014/tirole-lecture.html">lecture</a> is masterful: clear; concise; simple, but not simplistic. He starts at 3:45:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.brown.edu/cis/sta/dev/afri_videos/class.html">AFRI1060, "African Literature: Chinua Achebe</a>"</span><br />
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Thelwell is a gifted teacher, who is evidently deeply knowledgeable and passionate about Achebe's work. He leavens the proceedings with mischievous wit. Achebe makes his appearance at 85:45 and the two men greet each other by the honorific <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_language">Igbo</a> names they bestowed on each other: Achebe is Ikejemba ("The power that protects the people") and Thelwell is Ekwueme ("He who does what he says he will do"). There are some gems here. For instance, in response to <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/people/cobb_charles.html">Charlie Cobb</a>'s question (at 121:39) about his ruptured relationship with <a href="http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/armah.htm">Aya Kwei Armah</a>, Achebe notes: "We are not enemies, but we don't find time to get together." Vintage Achebe.Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-17845087388531309282014-01-31T21:12:00.002+02:002014-01-31T21:12:46.503+02:00Something Ventured<a href="http://www.somethingventuredthemovie.com/">Something Ventured</a> (2011) tells the story of the rise of the venture capital industry in the United States. It's a very human story, and an utterly compelling and fascinating one. You can watch it for free on Hulu:<br />
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<a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/523810"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0qTkWilHQh4AfCDGASd5cif11AaGb8jlh18R8jnMdIEhtT1m5h5YhE_AX66lPtD3JNY4maz1hK514_rgJOw2TDgqvWIuYeK11yqbJzUHZeV8rKHrNisrngPJzuvNvVMdbQ/s320/Traitorous-Eight.jpg" /></a>Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-10189363081709219352014-01-21T02:22:00.001+02:002014-01-21T02:23:51.722+02:00Komla Dumor (1972-2014): Telling the African Story<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="292.5" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DfJn8HCKO8g" width="480"></iframe>Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-51698879553236660432013-12-08T04:34:00.000+02:002013-12-08T04:43:06.405+02:00Notes and Neurons<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_McFerrin">Bobby McFerrin</a> demonstrating the intuitive power of the pentatonic scale at the World Science Festival 2009:<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ne6tB2KiZuk" width="576"></iframe>Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-62315114381765224002013-09-21T02:46:00.004+02:002013-09-21T02:46:40.489+02:00J. Robert Oppenheimer: His life and his physics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-20539840932199291872013-07-01T14:29:00.000+02:002013-07-01T14:29:07.099+02:00Cloaks and MedalsProfessor Sir <a href="http://www.cmth.ph.ic.ac.uk/photonics/Newphotonics/">John Pendry</a>, the physicist behind the concept of "invisibility cloaking", has been awarded the Institute of Physics's 2013 Isaac Newton <a href="http://www.iop.org/news/13/jul/page_60422.html">Medal</a>.Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-14099551284102063002013-06-17T19:24:00.000+02:002013-06-19T16:31:59.542+02:00Good AfricanThe inspirational <a href="http://www.goodafrican.com/index.php/our-story.html">story</a> of how Andrew Rugasira and his partners built the Good African Coffee company in Uganda.Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-20527009147225571832013-06-09T19:54:00.000+02:002013-06-09T19:54:33.628+02:00Rushdie on Moral CourageSir <a href="http://www.salman-rushdie.com/">Salman</a> Rushdie on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/whither-moral-courage.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">moral courage</a>.Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-57753814462211449322013-06-01T00:35:00.000+02:002013-06-01T00:36:55.979+02:00Kirsten on CoachingCricket coach Gary <a href="http://www.garykirsten.com/about-gary-kirsten.php">Kirsten</a> on his <a href="http://www.iol.co.za/business/opinion/q-a-gary-kirsten-sa-national-cricket-team-coach-1.1512719#.Uakf3pwYHnQ">philosophy</a> of coaching.Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-55027210632409363212013-05-27T18:40:00.000+02:002013-05-27T18:52:26.356+02:00How to Write About Africa<a href="http://www.granta.com/Archive/92/How-to-Write-about-Africa/Page-1">How to Write About Africa</a> by Binyavanga <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binyavanga_Wainaina">Wainaina</a><br /><a href="http://wainaina/"></a>Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-19337099799681770252013-05-25T02:44:00.000+02:002013-05-25T14:50:34.164+02:00Soyinkan SkeweringThere are put-downs and then there are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wole_Soyinka">Soyinkan</a> <a href="http://saharareporters.com/interview/saharareporters-interview-exclusive-achebe-celebrated-storyteller-no-father-african-litera">skewerings</a>: <br />
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<i>The saddest part for me was that this work was bound to give joy to
sterile literary aspirants like Adewale Maja-Pearce, whose
self-published book – self-respecting publishers having rejected his
trash – sought to create a “tragedy” out of the relationships among the
earlier named “pioneer quartet” and, with meanness aforethought, rubbish
them all – [Wole Soyinka] especially. Chinua [Achebe] got off the lightest. A compendium of
outright impudent lies, fish market gossip, unanchored attributions,
trendy drivel and name dropping, this is a ghetto tract that tries to
pass itself up as a product of research, and has actually succeeded in
fooling at least one respectable scholar. For this reason alone, there
will be more said, in another place, on that hatchet mission of an inept
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Leaving aside the accuracy or propriety (or otherwise) of Soyinka's comments, the words with which he makes them are undoubtedly entertaining. They also illustrate his uniquely dense, verbose, prolix -- and highly effective -- style. This is interesting because the general advice to avoid bombastic language is good advice. Soyinka is one of the very few writers who has somehow managed to make a virtue of verbosity.Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-48865829670222083762013-05-18T12:34:00.003+02:002013-05-18T12:36:13.985+02:00The Wal-Mart WayReading <i>The Wal-Mart Way: The Inside Story of the Success of the World's Largest Company</i> by <a href="http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/63834/donald-soderquist-kept-wal-mart-culture-alive">Don Soderquist</a>:<br />
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Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-12404639223038180422013-05-17T12:14:00.000+02:002013-05-18T12:22:34.754+02:00The Dragon Meisteress<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DcADRGU2dvM?feature=player_detailpage" width="480"></iframe>Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-20365187866147820222013-05-16T03:58:00.000+02:002013-05-17T04:15:02.293+02:00How To Train Your DragonReading (to the boys at bedtime):<br />
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Wonderful book. Beautifully written and quirkily illustrated by <a href="http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk/about-cressida-cowell.asp">Cressida Cowell</a>, the author. It's the first in the recorded adventures of one Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, an unlikely Viking hero. It routinely has the boys laughing out loud. And brings out a few smiles and chuckles in the reader too (me). The best thing I can say about it is: thank God there are eight more books in the series! Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-25899101863843181182013-05-15T18:45:00.001+02:002013-05-18T12:14:25.557+02:00Authentic LeadershipReading:<br />
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Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-9244686912493019652013-05-09T22:49:00.007+02:002013-05-09T22:49:37.521+02:00True FreedomWe don't begin to know what [true] freedom is until we come to a place in our lives where we have no need to impress anybody. - Joyce MeyerMjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-4772729666063862172013-05-09T10:13:00.001+02:002013-05-09T10:16:23.060+02:00Investing in African Prosperity<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z6kpRtyUr_o?feature=player_detailpage" width="480"></iframe>Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-51662763073562485332013-05-08T17:52:00.000+02:002013-05-09T01:08:57.266+02:00The BestThere's a popular saying in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bemba_language">Bemba</a> language: "Inshimbi ni nshimbi".<br />
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It defies adequate translation into English -- it literally means "metal is metal".<br />
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Its intended meaning, though, is that, sometimes, one must simply acknowledge the undeniable facts. Metal is metal, and nothing else.<br />
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It's painful to say this as an <a href="http://www.arsenal.com/">Arsenal</a> fan, but not as an all-round football fan: it is an undeniable fact that Sir Alex Ferguson, who today <a href="http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2013/May/sir-alex-ferguson-to-retire-as-manchester-united-manager.aspx">stepped down</a> as Manager of Manchester United, is quite simply the best football manager who has ever lived. His record at Manchester United alone speaks for itself: one Club World Cup title; two European Champions League titles; thirteen English Premier League titles; five English FA Cup titles. Not to mention many other less well known trophies. Indeed, Sir Alex Ferguson's greatness transcends even football itself. Judged on the basis of delivery of consistent results over time using finite resources, Sir Alex Ferguson is undoubtedly one of the <a href="http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7123.html">greatest managers</a>, of any kind, who has ever lived. Inshimbi ni nshimbi, Metal is metal.Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-67594446264226373342013-04-30T04:49:00.000+02:002013-04-30T04:50:36.936+02:00Greatness in Leadership<a href="http://hbr.org/2013/05/maya-angelou/ar/1">From</a> the May 2013 issue of <i>Harvard Business Review</i>:<br />
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<b>HBR:</b> As someone who’s known Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, what do you think makes a leader great?<br />
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<b>Maya Angelou:</b> A leader sees greatness in other people. You can’t be much of a leader if all you see is yourself.Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-63603856643929506872013-04-29T17:59:00.000+02:002013-04-29T17:59:26.492+02:00UngoogleableFor those who may not have children, it may be a little-known fact that Google is one of today's most essential parenting tools. Particularly when you get asked those difficult, almost-impossible-to-answer, barely-remembered-from-school questions. What causes lightning? What about thunder? When did the dinosaurs become extinct? What is the name of THAT dinosaur? Unfortunately, not all questions are googleable. Like the one my son asked me this afternoon:<br />
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<b>The Son:</b> Dad, why can't you buy a best friend?<br />
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<b>Your Humble Servant: </b> [Puzzled] What do you mean? Why are you even asking me that question? Where did it come from?<br />
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<b>The Son: </b>Well, in <a href="http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/gumball/index.html">Gumball</a> they say "I'll be your best friend for ten bucks!"<br />
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<b>Your Humble Servant:</b> Ah, OK, so then you know that in the real world that doesn't happen, right?<br />
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<b>The Son:</b> Right, but why not? Why can't you buy a best friend? <br />
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Ungoogleable.<br />
<br />Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-56431393885810492332013-04-21T20:38:00.003+02:002013-04-21T20:38:36.653+02:00Wisdom for the journeySomething I heard this weekend:<br />
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<b>If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.</b>Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-23845234667073367362013-04-21T14:19:00.001+02:002013-04-21T21:02:49.430+02:00Reforming Nigeria's Financial Sector Some of the world's most innovative and effective financial sector policy and regulation over the last five years has been in Nigeria, and led by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanusi_Lamido_Sanusi">Sanusi Lamido Sanusi</a>, Governor of the <a href="http://www.cbn.gov.ng/">Central Bank of Nigeria</a>:<br />
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Mjumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072563040679533183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21089791.post-42453530613241473252013-04-14T17:03:00.000+02:002013-04-14T18:01:47.286+02:00Greatness and HumanityReading:
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