When you listen to Steve Hogan, mayor of Aurora, Colorado’s second-largest city, it’s difficult not to conjecture what’s on his mind, as he attends plenty of functions involving the African immigrants that are a part of the city he leads. These functions occur all over Aurora, each day of the week. Hogan, who is running for…
Every time U.S. President, Barack Obama makes a trip to the African continent something interesting happens. The media crowd, those who can’t stop saying negative things about the continent come out and begin their Africa mantra. They did this during Obama’s first stop in the continent as president in 2009. They did it when…
There is a cliché in the news business which says, ‘if it bleeds, it leads.’ It’s a reporter’s frame of mind when dealing with big news stories and events of the moment. By this maxim, there is a tendency for crises, and disaster-like events to garner much attention to the detriment of everything else. So,…
Today I am sharing some insights and photos from a May 21 networking reception held at the Posner Center and organized by World Denver, for six emerging entrepreneurs from Zambia and Zimbabwe respectively. The reception brought together members of World Denver, the hosting organization, tenants at the Posner Center, as well as the public, to…
The recent Russian annexation of Crimea is a hot-button international issue that pits the West against Russia and has brought back memories of the Cold War. While this goes on, little attention has been paid to the position of many African nations on the issue. Many of the countries which make up the African Union (AU)…
Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie is a hero, if not a literary star, among today’s generation of young Africans. Adichie’s “The danger of a Single Story,” a Ted Talk she gave in 2009 about the single African narrative portrayed by the media that focuses solely on poverty, destitution, and hopelessness, has received more than 6 million…
News that the African continent is making progress continues to pour in. Not only is the continent making progress economically and politically, but optimism by the African people is also playing a role in this as well. In a recent Pew Research Center survey of eight nations, the research found that Africans were more optimistic about…
September 21 marked a day of shock and confusion for many people in Kenya when news spread of an attack at the Westgate Shopping Center in Nairobi’s trendy Westlands neighborhood, an area frequented by many foreigners. A total of 67 people were reportedly killed in the siege that lasted about four days. Terrorists tortured, killed,…
The recriminations are pouring in; Mitt Romney and the GOP lost the elections, big time. What’s the reason for the loss? Let’s take a look at what people are saying in America and beyond. Many pundits, including those who wrongly predicted the outcome of the elections, attribute the main cause to changing U.S. demographics. Ross…
As if to say the world is not doing enough about Africa’s burgeoning business and investment opportunities, the Global Commerce Forum, which debuted the annual Energy Africa Conference in 2011, is bringing some of the smartest minds in the clean energy business to Colorado. They are coming to talk about “natural gas and renewables”, how…