Thinking global, living local: Voices in a globalized world

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  • Social Media: how much have our lives changed?

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    My best definition of social media is people on the left, people on the right, and technology in the middle. It is the democratization of information and content, the convenience and equal opportunity to share and connect with others, and the fulfillment of “the world is a global village” prophecy. […]

  • Empowering Change Makers to Communicate Better

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    Our Future Challenges blogger Ruth Aine Tindyebwa from Uganda was invited as a social media coach by the Siemens Foundation to join the foundation’s communication workshop for non-profit organizations in Jinja, Uganda. In 2013 the Siemens Stiftung (foundation) held the first ever empowering people. Award. The main aim of the […]

  • Kenyan Start-Up Is Looking At Nairobi’s Traffic Gridlock as a Business

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    “The traffic situation in Nairobi has reached unbearable proportions that we need a stakeholders’ conference to chart out short, medium and long term strategies to deal with the situation as an emergency.” Former Kenyan Minister ICT Dr. Bitange Ndemo said recently in his article for the businessdailyafrica.com. Dr.Ndemo’s sentiment depicts […]