The just ended TED 2009 Conference titled “The Great Unveiling” celebrated the 25th anniversary of the prestigious conference. During this conference, TED unveiled a new program extending TED’s mission worldwide. The TED Fellows program is designed to foster the spread of great ideas. Initially 50 individuals, selected for the world-changing potential of their work, will be invited to participate in the TED community each year. At the end of the year, 20 of these 50 will be selected to be TED Senior Fellows, participating in an extended three-year program that will bring them to six consecutive conferences, along with additional benefits. The principal goal of the program is to empower the Fellows to effectively communicate their work to the TED community and to the world.
The TED Fellows program focuses on attracting applicants living or working in five parts of the globe: the Asia/Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East, with consideration given to applicants from the rest of the world. TED seeks remarkable thinkers and doers that have shown unusual accomplishment, exceptional courage, moral imagination and the potential to increase positive change in their respective fields. The program focuses on innovators in technology, entertainment, design, science, film, art, music, entrepreneurship and the NGO community, among other pursuits.
For the inaugural TED Fellows program, Pamoja Media was honored to have its co-founder Joshua Wanyama selected. Pamoja Media is Africa’s first dedicated online advertising brokerage focusing on connecting marketers with Africans worldwide. Through the use of behavioral and contextual targeting on some of the world’s prominent online brands and partnerships with leading African and African American sites, the company delivers a targeted audience to advertisers.
Benin Brown co-founder at Pamoja Media had this to say about his business partner being selected as a 2009 TED Fellow, "Pamoja Media's representation at TED came not only because of the company's positioning as the operator of Africa's first dedicated online advertising brokerage. It also has a lot to do with the fact that by helping monetize African online publishers, both large and small, Pamoja Media assists these publishers make their communities more self sustainable.”
When asked about his experience at the TED 2009 conference Joshua Wanyama replied, "TED is wonderful. They had great speakers. Networking, learning of new innovations in different industries and getting a chance to talk about world changing ideas was very important. It was truly inspiring and a well organized event.”
Pamoja Media wishes to thank and congratulate the other 2009 TED Fellows who participated in the event as well as thank TED for selecting Joshua Wanyama as a fellow. A complete list of the 2009 Long Beach TED Fellows can be found at www.ted.com/fellows/2009.
About TED
TED is an annual event where some of the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. "TED" stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design — three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. And in fact, the event is broader still, showcasing ideas that matter in any discipline. Attendees have called it "the ultimate brain spa" and "a four-day journey into the future." The diverse audience — CEOs, scientists, creatives, philanthropists — is almost as extraordinary as the speakers, who have included Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Frank Gehry, Paul Simon, Sir Richard Branson, Philippe Starck and Bono.
TED was first held in Monterey, California, in 1984. In 2001, Chris Anderson's Sapling Foundation acquired TED from its founder, Richard Saul Wurman. In recent years, TED has expanded to include an international conference, TEDGlobal; media initiatives, including TED Talks and TED.com; and the TED Prize. TED2009, "The Great Unveiling," will be held Feb. 3-7, 2009, in Long Beach, California, with a simulcast event in Palm Springs, California.
About Pamoja Media
Pamoja Media, Inc. is a private company based in Kennesaw, GA. Pamoja Media provides marketers with a one-stop shop for reaching the African and African American market online. The company achieves this by placing display banner advertising on both large publications and top niche sites. The company currently has access to over 1 billion impressions and reaches over 35 million Africans worldwide.
Visit us today at http://www.pamojamedia.com
For further information please contact us:
Benin Brown
Pamoja Media
3329 Blue Springs Station
Kennesaw, GA 30144
404-492-6088
benin@pamojamedia.com
Logan McClure
TED
212-346-9333
fellows@ted.com
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Pamoja Media Participated in TED 2009
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The Cheetah Index Publishes First Podcast
Africa's premiere portal for reaching the continent's Cheetah Generation, Cheetah Index, has just published its first podcast today on August 26, 2008.
The podcast titled, "Fast Forward Podcast: The 2008 Legatum Pioneers of Prosperity Africa Award" interviews two of the people behind the $350,000 2008 Legatum Pioneers of Prosperity Africa Awards which will be held in Kigali, Rwanda on November 21, 2008 to honor Africa's best entrepreneurs.
The podcast may be found HERE.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works
Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works:
"As part of the Cheetah Index's commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
African Path TV Launches in Concert with Live African Cup of Nation Broadcasts!
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African Path will broadcast the Ghana 2008 Africa Cup of Nations from January 20th till February 10th, 2008 online. The games will be available as both live feeds and as saved games for those who missed the live broadcasts. In addition a forum on the African Path Village will provide an ample platform for all soccer fans to discuss the games. A partnership with All Soccer Africa allows African Path to offer a Fantasy league for the 2008 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations. Enjoy the games |
Saturday, December 8, 2007
African Path launches social networking site
For Immediate Release
African Path launches social networking site
Visit African Path Village
Minneapolis, MN December 07, 2007 - African Path (http://www.blogger.com/www.africanpath.com) has just launched the African Path Village (http://village.africanpath.com/). African Path works at providing Africans with a platform where they can own and tell their stories on the global stage.
“The Village will allow our site visitors to connect and share the unique cultures from within Africa,” says Joshua Wanyama, founder of African Path. “We strive to provide a great online space that represents the continent. We are excited about the African Path Village as we have now opened doors for a lot of people to tell their stories while interacting with friends and family on our space.”
The growth of online communities has also made it possible for people to connect and discover new worlds. The African Path Village will facilitate this connection while providing the added benefit of news and opinion content from our flagship site African Path and our business site Cheetah Index.
This additional service allows African Path to better serve a growing number of site visitors seeking to connect with African culture, access breaking news and opinion on the continent and discover new businesses serving the African communities worldwide.
About African Path
African Path is an online portal that allows Africans to tell their own stories on the global stage. While most representation of Africa outside the continent is by foreign media houses, African Path provides the platform for Africans to express themselves. The site features daily headlines, opinion and commentary through our comprehensive blogs and an interactive calendar.
Visit us today http://www.africanpath.com/, http://village.africanpath.com/
For comprehensive business news in Africa: http://www.cheetahindex.com/
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For further information please contact us:
African Path
242 W Franklin Av, Ste. 301
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612 424 5459
Benin “Mwangi” Brown
http://www.blogger.com/benin@africanpath.com
Joshua Wanyama
http://www.blogger.com/Joshua@africanpath.com
Monday, November 26, 2007
African Path launches Cheetah Index
African Path launches business site
As part of our mission to fill the void left by conventional media in covering African issues, African Path will take an active role in supporting and empowering the continent’s young and progressive decision makers. Today, African Path announces the launch of a dedicated business section under the African Path network which will be branded as the Cheetah Index. Currently the site will run on a Beta version.
The Cheetah Index derives both its name and inspiration from Ghanaian economist Dr. George B.N. Ayittey, author of Africa Unchained. A central topic in this book is the new generation of young African professionals who look at Africa ’s problems from a different and revolutionary perspective. Dr. Ayittey believes that this group of professionals plays a central role in re-vitalizing African economies. This group of progressive, problem solving and action-oriented Africans are called the “Cheetah Generation”.
African Path will build the Cheetah Index into a leading online resource for Africa ’s current generation of decision makers. These will include managers, entrepreneurs, government officials, educationists and other people who influence Africa ’s development. The site will provide breaking business news, profiles on African entrepreneurs and industry news while making it easier for business people from Africa and other continents to connect and network.
The site will premiere on November 26, 2007 at http://www.cheetahindex.com.
About African Path
African Path is an online portal that allows Africans to tell their own stories on the global stage. While most representation of Africa outside the continent is by foreign media houses, African Path provides the platform for Africans to express themselves. The site features daily headlines, opinion and commentary through our comprehensive blogs and an interactive calendar.
Visit us today http://www.africanpath.com
Thursday, September 27, 2007
The 5th Carnival of African Enterprising Coming to African Executive
Submit your articles for The 5th Carnival of African Enterprising to
be hosted in the African Executive Magazine in October
The 5th Carnival of African Enterprising will be hosted by "Branded in
his blog Business in Focus" and in the prestigious "African Executive
Magazine". This edition will also be featured in the annual Africa
Resource Bank meeting where Branded will present all views expressed
by The Carnival participants.
The Carnival Topic "Positioning Africa in the 21st Century" is
sponsored by The "Africa Resource Bank Meeting" which will be held in
Tanzania from the 11th to 14th November 2007.
(All interested bloggers who may wish to attend The "Africa Resource
Bank Meeting" meeting in Tanzania are welcome to register "HERE".
The objective of the Carnival theme is to Explore the reason behind
the success of the West and Emerging Eastern Economies and how they
can be applied in Africa.
All intrested Bloggers are requested to submit their content/Articles
along any of the following topics or any other topic that you may find
relevant to Africa in the 21st Century:
1. Effects of colonization on Africa's Economic Development
2. Who invented Africa and how can Africans gain from it?
3. The role of Aid and the future of Africa
4. Migration and the brain drain debate
5. Global warming and the future of trade in Africa.
6. Business and Entrepreneureship culture - Lessons from the East
7. Leveraging on China's thirst for raw materials to develop Africa
8. Economic Intergration in Africa
9. Tax harmonization in Africa
10. Alcohol policies in Africa
11. Reviewing the education system to meet the needs of Africa
12. Promoting the African Voice.
Submit your articles today.
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