Africa
Africa Gathering - 3rd Annual Conference in DC
Africa Gathering, a global organization founded to promote African innovations and solutions, held its third annual conference on November 2-3, 2012 in partnership with The African Society at Georgetown University. The theme for this year's conference was "Africa Unlimited".
- Tweets, photos, and blog posts from the 2-day conference gathered by @emerhi for @africagathering. Click here for more information on Africa Gathering or contact US Event Manager @katebomz.
- Just arrived @africagathering cc @katebomz #AGDC #2012 @ ICC Building | Georgetown University instagr.am/p/RixaJco_uo/
- The 2-day conference kicked off with a vibrant and powerful speech from Honorable Sereste, Botswana Ambassador to the U.S. Her speech covered a wide range of topics - from youth to women's rights, from standards of democracy to health, and from tolerance to independence. She literally took the audience back to "school", using the blackboard in the room to illustrate key points.
At @africagathering for #AGDC. Ambassador of Botswana dropping jewels. Wouldn't rather be anywhere else.- Following Hon. Sereste's speech, participants broke up into 6 different brainstorming sessions and tackled key issues facing the continent of Africa. The report-back of these brainstorming sessions was moderated by Jackson Mvunganyi of Voice of America. The brainstorming sessions were:
1) Africa's growing middle-class: Is it a myth or reality? (facilitated by Hafiz Juma and Zoe Gadegbeku)
2) Is the African diaspora in a bubble? Do we direct conversations about the continent or on the continent? What is our real role? How grounded are our ideas about Africa? (facilitated by Solome Lemma and Neyat Daniel)
3) Africa's tech boom - Can Africa use technology as a crutch to leapfrog in development? (facilitated by Tsega Belachew, Elen Walom, and Huda Ibrahim)
4) Online initiatives/products/services: Are we limiting our base by focusing strictly on those with access to the internet? (facilitated by Nosarieme Garrick and Naa Adejeley Kome)
5) How does dependency on foreign aid in Africa either cripple or enhance healthcare systems? (facilitated by Leila Yosef and Nancy Oduro)
6) How can African female leadership successes be converted to success amongst women in rural areas? What does empowerment of African women mean not just for Africa but the world? (facilitated by TMS Ruge). - The lineup of speakers was impressive, though due to Hurricane Sandy, a few were trapped in NY and couldn't attend in person.
- Kwame Andah, Co-founder of Coders4Africa
@abombastic and @threebute @Africagathering 1st up: @Coders4africa: developers coming up with solutions 4 local problems #agdc #AGDC12- Mohammed Touré, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of SEADiaspora
We are at #AGDC12. “Africa Unlimited” conference. Our editor-in-chief @MohamedToure spoke earlier today about media and journalism.- Speaking now @mohamedtoure of @seadiaspora @ #agdc12 about the #Afri @ ICC Building | Georgetown University instagr.am/p/Rkw8MhmJh_/
“@InnovateAfrica: Trends in African media & journalism. @SEAdiaspora. #agdc12 http://pic.twitter.com/pfQDfUX6” <hm, interesting
Incomplete narrative to a complete narrative - the case of the "single story" struggle @MohamedToure #agdc12- Zachary D. Kaufman, Author, Speaker and Social Entrepreneur
@ZacharyKaufman discussing the potent media propaganda machine that was at work leading up to the Rwandan genocide. #AGDC12
@zacharykaufman discusses not only how Rwandan radio broadcast incited the genocide, but also how it helped orchestrate the genocide #AGDC12
