US-Africa relations: The Beginings

May 30, 2021     / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

The presence of Africans in the America’s can be argued it predated 1492 though since the formation of the greatest experiment on Earth in 1776, the official United States of America – Africa relations began before World War II, when the United States only directly dealt with the former American colony of Liberia, the independent nation of Ethiopia, and the semi-independent nation of Egypt. The beginning of this official US-Africa relationship was not only reinforced by the need to internationalize American values but also due to the undying drive of African-Americans to reconnect to their roots. Although US-Africa dialogue and…

11 years in Cross-Cultural Branding

November 30, 2020     / /

We celebrate 11 years in business and as any entrepreneur and small business owner would attest, it has been a journey based on a vision, with sleepless nights, sometimes with greater challenges and others with wins. As we continue to build our ICT driven cross-cultural branding company, we remain committed to providing knowledge-based brand marketing strategies to ensure measurable impact. The 4th industrial era is not just about having your articles featured on one of the media platforms; it is about having a grand strategy with clear goals and greater outcomes across various platforms including media. We stay abreast of market trends,…

Remittances are NOT Diaspora Investment by Guest Writer

March 10, 2020     / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

My favorite Diaspora definition is the one by G. Scheffer: “Modern Diasporas are ethnic minority groups of migrant origins residing and acting in host countries but maintaining strong sentimental and material links with their countries of origin—their homelands.” The term Diaspora comes from the Greek words “to sow” and “over”, as in the scattering of seed, and for them it meant the “seeding” of Greek colonies in distant lands. Remittances are funds sent by immigrants to their home countries for various uses including paying school fees for relative, covering healthcare costs for family as well as activities such as building…