The year 2011 began just like any other year. I was in Uganda and folk were afraid of going out since Al shabab had thrown bombs amongst folk watching the world cup finals at the city’s rugby club. So we stayed home,  lit the BBQ and sat back to take in the fireworks at Sheraton [...]

Sometime last year I got into a conversation with a woman on Twitter whose twitter handle was simply SMT95. We exchanged several tweets and she asked for my number. I gave it to her and she called me. She introduced herself as Sadia Sisay. We spoke for 2 solid hours on anything and everything. But [...]

Are women better at networking?

If you want to increase you opportunities for work, contracts etc widen your network. Is connecting enough?

http://www.voxafrica.com/modx/en/ShootTheMessenger/agoa-whose-growth-and-whose-opportunities

The world of Ethnic Supplies

Networking is about building relationships with people in such a way that they will want to advocate for us in our absence – it is therefore important that we leave the people we meet with a good and warm feeling about us.

Your message may be very clear to you but it is important that it is even clearer to your audience

The #followfriday hash tag encourages twitter suer’s to recommend other’s but a theory that has developed that this is open to SPAM

Women possess the potential to create an extra 150,000 new companies every year and hold the key to recovery By Helen Loveless Last updated at 12:13 PM on 09th March 2009 Today is International Women’s Day, when the economic, political and social achievements of women are celebrated. Yet many still face barriers preventing them from [...]