My World in 2011

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 [...]

Twitter, Black History Month and knickers for black women

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 [...]

Should givers gain II: Ces Loftus

I thought I would revisit this topic if only to shout out a about a woman  in my network I admire greatly and one of the the most generous people I know in my network. If you missed the previous post on the issue of being generous to those in your network you can catch [...]

Ethnic Supplies and Social media

Penny Power the founder of Ecademy on Ida Horner I first met Ida at the Weybridge Ecademy meeting and was drawn to her by her sense of purpose and her drive. Ida, as you will read, it passionate, determined and very aware of the contribution she can make. Penny Power the founder of Ecademy had [...]

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