Kenyan Pundit

Lots of goodies today:

- Mama Mikes keep up the innovation by launching their blog. Already lots of interesting stories about what it takes to make MamaMikes tick.

- Speaking of Mama Mikes, you HAVE to read this post by Mental.

- Hash’s neat Africa Web 2.0 collage has been updated.

- Safaricom partner with Google to offer access to email and Google Maps (though free is not really free).

- Nobel Prize Winner and Grameen founder Iqbal Qadir partners with Legatum to set up a Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT.

- StoryMoja - an initiative by 5 writers to promote contemporary writing in East Africa.

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Those of you who regularly read the World Changing blog will be happy to know that the World Changing book is scheduled for release in early November - you can pre-order your copy now.

Even if you are not familiar with the World Changing site, check out the book any way. Why? Because you are bound to get inspired if you are looking for ways to make a difference and because yours truly wrote a small section on corruption in Africa

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What did we used to do before RSS again???

- So Charles Taylor has been captured and that’s excellent news but I would have liked to see more balanced coverage of the story as far as Nigeria’s role. As Chippla points out, “Without a doubt, the Nigerian government was pissed off by such a move and seemed to say “come get him if you want him.” After all, the Nigerian president allowed Taylor to come live in Calabar as part of a [U.S brokered] deal to end the Liberian civil war. This is a fact that must not be overlooked in any discussion on the current state of Liberia. Had Charles Taylor not left Liberia, the civil war would not have ended at the time it did.”

- Newish and supposedly the biggest job-search database; it searches message boards as well.

- African women reshaping the continent.

- A case of the pot calling the kettle black.

- Wyclef Jean using his celebrity to do good in Haiti.

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Couple of neat things I’ve come across lately (and yes this is a cop-out post).

- Project Vibe, great online radio site especially if you are a soul head.

- Artsite Africa “Artsite Africa seeks to provide an ever growing and meticulously maintained repository of news and information, illuminating the rich heritage and contemporary dynamics of the African and
African Diaspora cultures in the visual arts.” (Hat tip Black Looks!)

- Kicknotes, send emails that self-destruct after being read.

- Technorati is so 2005…PubSub is where it’s at for 2006 (be sure to check out the rest of the site…warning you could spend hours looking up stuff here. Hat tip Ethan!).

- Nostaligic for Kenyan music from back in the day? This could cure you.

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…the Washington Post remixed, some neat African art, and when Google isn’t specific enough…”I want to….”

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