In a conversation with a @jollyrulez yesterday, he just made me realize that the only Olympic medals given out during the closing ceremony were all claimed by African Marathon runners – ensuring that all 3 National Anthems were sang to a crowd of 91,000 and televised to millions more globally. This was Kenya’s best Olympics [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 16, 2008
winning
“My one aim was just to be a champion. That is what I came here to do”
- Jamaican 100m champion, Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt breaks away from the pack leaving them a considerable distance behind, to win gold in the men’s 100m final and break the World Record in style.
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August 15, 2008
Kenyan swimmer Jason Dunford and his 7 minutes of glory
A Kenyan swimmer overshadows American swimming sensation Michael Phelps for 7 glorious minutes.
For seven memorable minutes, the world stood up and watched as brilliant Kenyan swimmer Jason Dunford held the Olympic 100 metres butterfly record that he shattered on the way to making it to Friday’s semi-finals of his speciality at Beijing’s National Acquatic Centre.
Stunned [...]
August 14, 2008
Dial 1298 for a World-Class Ambulance Service in Mumbai
How do you provide a city like Mumbai and its 22 million residents an efficient Ambulance service? The Acumen Fund’s Sasha Dicheter, talks about their latest investment, “Dial 1298″ service with its 51 ambulances, each fitted with intensive care service combining world-class operational skills with a social mission.
Patients who want to go to a private [...]
August 12, 2008
Sailing around Africa in a Phoenician boat
On Arwad Island off the coast of Syria, a group of 20 sailors-to-be are preparing for a voyage their captain believes has not been undertaken for two and a half millennia.
They plan to set off on Sunday on a journey that attempts to replicate what the Greek historian Herodotus mentions as the first circumnavigation of [...]
August 11, 2008
introducing Africa.Alltop.com
Introducing the latest addition to Guy Kawasaki’s news aggregation service Africa.Alltop.com . Alltop is a popular news and blog aggregator for various topics around the web.
With the addition of Africa.Alltop Guy has given African technophiles a well deserved show of support and highlighted a continent in much need of some positive PR – see Afromusings [...]
August 8, 2008
Once a lost boy of Sudan, Lopez Lomong leads the US at the Beijing Olympics
What a class act – the United States announced today that Lopez Lomong, a former child prisoner from war-torn Sudan, will lead the their team into the National Stadium in Beijing for the start of the 2008 Olympics.
Lomong is now an American citizen and was chosen to be the flag bearer after a vote by [...]
August 7, 2008
Kenyan marks 10 years since the US Embassy attack
On this day, August 7th 1998 – hundreds of innocent lives were lost and thousands more ruined in a senseless twin attack on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Hatred had reared its ugly head in the streets of these beautiful African cities. Nairobi’s streets, once famous their beautiful carpet of purple Jacaranda flowers [...]
August 2, 2008
The Importance of a Public Square
Yesterday I had the opportunity to witness an interesting public square standoff between an overzealous preacher and some teenagers professing an alternate deity — ,a certain Lord Kromdor. While the impromptu spectacle drew a measurable crowd, it sparked an interesting point of discussion.
I am a firm believer that we could utilize our Public Spaces better [...]
