Herieth ..

For Calvin Klein

Africa's Singapore

THE conference room resembles an old “Star Trek” set, with swivel chairs, laptops on desks and headsets that switch between Kinyarwanda and other tongues. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, sits in the captain’s chair. His technocratic ministers sit nearby. When the talk turns to business, Mr Kagame becomes animated. It is his passion—he says he reads business case studies in bed. He wants to turn Rwanda into the Singapore of central Africa. He is nothing if not ambitious.Rwanda is best known for the genocide that claimed at least 500,000 lives in 1994. It has been peaceful since then, but lacks nearly all of Singapore’s advantages. Singapore has the world’s busiest port; Rwanda is landlocked. Singapore has one of the world’s best-educated populations; Rwanda’s middle class was butchered in 1994. Singapore is a gateway to China; Rwanda’s neighbours are “less than ideal”, as a recent report from the Legatum Institute, a British think-tank, put it. Uganda is corrupt; Burundi a basket-case; Congo worse.Yet Rwanda has one huge advantage: the rule of law. No African country has done more to curb corruption. Ministers have been jailed for it. Transparency International, a watchdog, reckons Rwanda is less graft-ridden than Greece or Italy (though companies owned by the ruling party play an outsized role in the economy). “I have never paid a bribe and I don’t know anyone who has had to pay a bribe,” says Josh Ruxin, one of the owners of Heaven, a restaurant in Kigali, the capital. [Source]

Somewhere in Tanzania

    Dar Es Salaam
   Image:I-View Media

Dear Jackie

In my mail this morning....


I Like ur Blog no say, But you never blog about your life much at all at all,must be boring


XXXXX Anonymous


My Reply:

Early in the day?...but why?

We have been blacklisted...

The business community has asked the government to urgently organise a stakeholders' meeting to look into the blacklisting of Tanzania over claims of money laundering.The business leaders are anxious to see a quick solution to the crisis, which has seen the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) blacklist the country for failing to meet international standards of doing business. They asserted that the international money-laundering watchdog's action could have serious business consequences for the country. Financial transactions to and from Tanzania would, for example, be subjected to more intense scrutiny.




Blacklisting would make it even harder for the government to woo more prospective foreign investors and business persons.
source {AllAfrica}

We Love...

But she's wearing sneakers!!

Flashback..

                                     Evelyn McLeod And Maria Nyerere 1961 Dar es Salaam

What does your job mean to you?

In Tanzania, a woman holds together a business and the family.

On November 11th, 11.11.11, across the planet onedayoneearth recorded the human experience for One Day on Earth http://www.onedayonearth.org. Women from around the world show and tell us what their work means to them.  Here's what a Tanzanian mother had to say.

If you incapacitate a woman, you incapacitate the whole world

Pili Kafue of Tanzania speaks about her challenging role as a wife, mother and business owner.

It's time to think EQUAL. http://thinkequal.worldbank.org

7 Worst Aid Ideas..

I couldnt Agree More.

Maybe their hearts were in the right place. Maybe not. Either way, these are solid contenders for the title of “worst attempts at helping others since colonialism.”

1. One million t-shirts for Africa

2. TOMS Buy-One-Give-One

 …dumping shoes in places where people might otherwise be employed to make them.

3. Machine gun preacher

Problems with Sam Childers, the machine gun preacher, are so much more straightforward.

It’s dangerous and insane.

4. 50 Cent ransoming children in Somalia

So let’s break that down.

A. If you Like Fifty’s Facebook page — without even buying the drink — a child, presumably in Somalia, gets fed.

B. We can infer that there is a pot of dollars somewhere earmarked for feeding needy children. Two million meals worth of feeding if you count the million Like-meals plus the potential million bonus.

C. Those meals, while they could be donated, and have presumably been budgeted for, willnot be, except to the extent that you give Street King props online.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is called extortion.

5. Donor fund restrictions

6. Making food aid the same colour as cluster munitions.

Left is delicious. Right will kill you. You try tell the difference if you can’t read English and live out in the steppes.

7. Making USAID a foreign policy tool

In 1990, on the eve of the first Gulf War, Yemeni Ambassador Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal voted no to using force against Iraq in a security council session. US Ambassador Thomas Pickering walked to the Yemeni Ambassador’s seat and retorted, “That was the most expensive No vote you ever cast.” Immediately afterwards, USAID ceased operations and funding in Yemen.

source:lysscglobal

Snapshot

Miriam Odemba by Veton Osmani

iLike

Osse Greca Sinare, Tanzanian Graphic Designer and Photographer

Source; OsseGreca

Rose Muhando Signs With Sony Music

Global recording company Sony Music Entertainment is proud to announce the signing of East African Gospel Star Rose Muhando to its roster of artists, which includes some of the most important recordings in history.The signing was announced at a press conference in Dares Salaam, Tanzania on the 9^th February 2011, and is the first deal of its kind for East Africa.

Rose Muhando is undoubtedly one of Africa’s biggest selling and most acclaimed gospel artists, with millions of fans throughout East Africa and her home country Tanzania. The gospel diva has now been signed to a multi-album recording deal with Sony Music, and a fullservices management deal with Sony Music and ROCKSTAR4000. 

Sony Music Entertainment Africa views the continent of Africa as a highly important music development frontier and believes that some of the best talent in theWorld is currently creating and performing music across the continent. Sony has set its sights on becoming the primary partner of the best Africa has to offer and has high hopes that with its assistance, African musicians can achieve new Pan African and Global success. “We’re so excited about the wealth of talent we are discovering literally daily inAfrica.” says Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment Africa Sean Watson. “Rose is a magnificent example of the level of talent we mean to invest in. Her gift is quite extraordinary and we are very proud to be her partner. We count her alongside us as a pioneer of a new era in African music.”  'Its a new and exciting time for amazing talent and music from Africa to shine and we are thrilled to have a star like Rose as part of the family and to represent Rose through the next chapter of her very successful career' said Jandre Louw, CEO of ROCKSTAR4000 Music Entertainment. ‘I am thrilled and honored to be working with great African talents. Rose Mhando is a new addition to this roaster of clients that embodies what Rockstar 4000 believes and stands for. She is an Iconic local Tanzanian brand that we will develop to become an International brand’ added Christine Seven Mosha, Music and New business of ROCKSTAR4000 Rose was so excited and thanked God for all he has blessed her with. Rose Muhando was born in 1976 and was raised in Dodoma, Tanzania. On being deathly ill, Rose converted to Christianity and it was this move, her leading the choir at her local church and her meeting Nassan Wami that prompted her first album recording. Today Rose lives in Dar Es Salaam where her career has flourished over the last 10 years.  To date, Rose's first album shattered sales records, selling over 5 million copies. She currently has her second album (JipangeSawaSawa) out, which has already sold well over 1.3 million copies.  The magical voice has not been restricted to Tanzania and she has toured extensively across the African continent, covering cities in Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Malawi. Congo, Uganda. Rose has also been well received in the United States. 

Inspired Much?

Are Mulberry and Louis Vuitton grabbing tips from Ally Rehmtullah?

We think so..

image source: Missiepopular

Made by Africa...

Chichia London Made By Africa 2012 Collection

Convocation..

Top Model Tyra Banks  finally got her Harvard Diploma  a diploma for completing an Executive Education program for business owners and entrepreneurs.  News is  the nineteenth cycle of Top Model — just ordered by the CW — will be "college-themed," Oh Boy Oh Boy...will she talk...

LOUD

I think i like this
The First Issue of Loud Magazine, Uganda..

source;FbPage

Men are Dogs?

I strictly Do not agree

The Bourgeoisie show is a talk show hosted by Ehi Irianan. The idea behind the show is to create anavenue to express oneself on issues that concern and affect young people in general specifically youngpeople (15-45). We have adopted the term Bourgeoisie to refer to the Elite & Fabulous hence our soleaim to inspire everyone to aspire to be a Bourgeois and live positively and passionately.The show will be aired on a website and eventually proceed to mainstream Television and will be airedin Canada and Parts of Africa.

Why You talk so White?

I'm guessing someone pissed Maya off...serious passion right there ...Black on Black Oppression Doesnt Come in My Size
Two people never to piss off
1.Poets
2.SongWriters
3.Witchdoctors

The Misinterpretation..

Woman Gives Birth to 11 babies!!

My Uterus just had a heartattack...

An Indian Women give birth to eleven 11 kids baby boys few days ago. Resources have been told that few of them were test tubes babies but it really seems strange at once. It was also rumored that 6 were twins. Doctors were really surprised, shocked and glad to have successful delivery. Well it's a blessing of God who give 11 baby boys to one women. 

We Love

The Boys From Street Etiquette

Travis Joshua and James

Happily Ever After

Fatmah and Eckhardt

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Throwback

Fransisca Urio, Tanzanian-German Singer/Songwriter...Its a Womans world, Gosh i loved this song...

Quote...

Do you Agree?

The miniskirt March

Attacked for wearing mini's? sounds like Kkoo and Tandale to me

Women in Johannesburg took to the streets to march in protest of two women who were allegedly attacked at the Noord Street taxi rank in December for wearing mini-skirts. The South African Press Association reported that the two women were taunted by a group of men who groped them, pulled their clothing and took photos of them with their mobile phones.
The protest was organised by the Women’s League of the African National Congress (ANC) who said that the objective of the march was to end, “patriarchal views still entrenched in parts of South Africa society”, and that women should be able to wear whatever they wish without fear of attack or victimization of any kind.
At the march, Women’s Minister Lulu Xingwana threatened to close down the taxi rank if such harassment continued.

Nerver, attack a woman in a mini....we love our minis...

But That Dress is Fabulous!

Rihanna at Stella McCartney presention at London Fashion week, am green with envy

Angelina Jolie at The Blood and Honey Premiere in PAris

Somewhere in Zanzibar

Cool Maasai.. you a bad boy and your friends bad too..you got the swag sauce you're dripping swaguu

Images by Nkechi Bakare

Beware of the Dragon

Its the Africa China Debate again...

Im not sure if China is the best thing for Africa its not but  that statement 'China is operating in Africa with no morals' but of course all the land grabs,finance and aid with crazy conditions...perfect morals.

 Here we have Stephen Chan was speaking against the motion "Beware of the dragon: Africa should not look to China" at this IQ2 debate at Cadogan Hall in London on 28th November 2011.

See the rest of the Debate here

Dance like Rih?

I usually dont like doing this but hey what the heck...
This is why I love my country, so down to earth and modest where we teach children straight morals and manners and respect, we're religious and we emphasize this younger generation that money is earned through hard work and education,degrees, diplomas or... ..dancing like Rihanna

Dance andndress like Rihanna, win 10 million

in  other words, slow wind like this  and dress like this 

and we'll give you this

i love Rihanna though...dont get me wrong..

From Ghana with Love

Apparently, the terminator is a totally different movie in Ghana, oh so I've been told

Being White in Africa

so we have all these shows and people talking about being black in Europe, being black in America...talking abotut eh racism issues...what about being white in...yes...Africa...it has to be a wlak in the park right

Black people claim that white people are racist and they are usually discriminated on when they are in Europe or America.But what happens when a white person is in Africa, in an African slum??

SNL:Beyonce and JayZ

SNL Skit: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Prince & More: Baby Blue Ivy!, i wish could say more but well i wouldn't want to ruin your ending...if you havent already seen it...

Sub Saharan Africa's biggest Middle Class..Nairobi

lol...Nairoberry

Downtown Nairobi is in stark contrast to the images of famine and war that often represent coverage of Africa.Kenyas middle class has grown to 10 percent of the urban population — or 1.5 million people — making Kenya home to one of the largest middle class populations in sub-Saharan Africa.Government deregulation stimulated economic growth and turned Nairobbery — a former nickname for the city — into a booming economic center. Nairobi reflects this trend with multinational businesses, towering office buildings and a growing middle class.Worldfocus correspondent Martin Seemungal and producer Yuval Lion report from Nairobi on middle class Kenyans, who are educated, optimistic and upwardly mobile.

Spotted

At New York Fashion Week

Pop’Africana’s Oroma Elewa  and 

Miriam Odemba


Images by Missiepopular via Vogue.it

Duro Olowu.

From the Fall 2012 collection, i've never been more inlove..the loud mashed Tribal prints