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“Capturing Modern Africa” – Agility Africa 2017 Photo Competition

I just came across an exciting opportunity for photographers based across Africa. Agility are hosting a continent wide photo competition and are specifically searching for images that highlight “today’s vibrant, modern African reality”. Winners can win up to $4,000.00 in three categories: industry, technology and cities. For more details about how to enter this competitionContinue reading ““Capturing Modern Africa” – Agility Africa 2017 Photo Competition”

The books every young writer should read, according to Ernest Hemingway

In 1934, a young man named Arnold Samuelson was fresh out of journalism school at the University of Minnesota when he read “One Way Across,” a short story by Ernest Hemingway. The story later became part of Hemingway’s fourth novel “To Have and Have Not.” Samuelson admired the story so much that he traveled fromContinue reading “The books every young writer should read, according to Ernest Hemingway”

Opinion: Stiglitz on what’s needed in this ‘New America’

I’ve just finished reading a good and well-thought out article by one of my favorite political/ socio-economic commentators,  Joseph Stiglitz. The Nobel Memorial Prize recipient basically gives his opinion on the policies and sectors that President-elect Trump must now focus on to provide the economic difference he based his campaign on. For me, the highlightContinue reading “Opinion: Stiglitz on what’s needed in this ‘New America’”