- Congolese director Djo Munga on his next film project Inspector Lu
- Henri, the existential cat: “I don’t have opposable thumbs, but I oppose everything.”
- Cameroonian Jean-Pierre Bekolo on Africas’s first sci-fi, lesbian vampire movie Les Saignantes
- Steven Markovitz on a new African cinema - neither homework, nor medicine but entertainment
- Norwegian TV comedy: Medieval helpdesk with English subtitles
- Laine Barnard, Founder, 8Brand - Mobile outlets as “giant waiting rooms” for selling airtime
- Richard Lapper on the rise of Brazil’s consumer class
- Ethan Zuckerman on sports series Dhani Tackles the Globe
- James Woudhuysen - Energy and pharmaceutical innovation
- Mehmet Cam on how Turkish TV dramas reflect social issues
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Top Story
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Gregg Sando on how he came to set up Cell Medica and the new cell therapies it is pioneering
May 13, 2013 by EditorGregg Sando, CEO and Founder, Cell Medica on: why he gave up being a banker and went back to University; how this helped him recruit for his new company; the use of cells to boost the body’s immunity and its… more
Tags: Drugs health cell thertapies
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Things Explained
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Charles Landry on what qualities make a successful Creative City
April 11, 2013 by EditorCharles Landry, Comedia, author of The Origins and Futures of the Creative City talks about: how he became interested in creative cities; obvious and less obvious Creative Cities around the world; what creativity means in terms of cities; and the… more
Tags: Creative city urban
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History's Witness
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Jane Lewisohn - the Flowers radio show and the renaissance of Iranian music and poetry it encouraged
April 29, 2013 by EditorJane Lewisohn, Research Associate, Department of Music, SOAS, University of London and Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter University talks about: the Flowers (Golha) radio show which ran in Iran from 1956 until the start of the Islamic revolution;… more
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Business of Tomorrow
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Mark Chataway on the role and scale of generic drug manufacturers globally
April 29, 2013 by EditorMark Chataway, Co-Chairman, Baird’s CMC on: the importance of generic pharmaceutical companies to the supply of drugs; the balance between generic and patented drugs in different parts of the world; who the generic drug makers are and where they’re based;… more
Tags: Drugs Pharmaceuticals India
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Development and Wealth
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Osama Manzar, Digital Empowerment Foundation on delivering broadband in rural India
March 19, 2013 by EditorOsama Manzar, Founder and Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation on: how its model of Community Resource Information Centres; the challenges faced in delivering rural Wi-Fi hot-spots; the importance of video for the illiterate; the example of how a weaving community uses… more
Tags: Rural broadband India
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Culture and Travel
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Director Hawa Essuman talks about her film Soul Boy and traditional African beliefs
May 18, 2013 by EditorFilm-maker Hawa Essuman on: how Soul Boy came to be made; the story of the film and the use of African traditional beliefs in the storyline; Essuman’s own view of traditional beliefs; the impact of the Internet and social media… more
Tags: Film
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Life's Technology
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Ayo Alli on the launch of his football social network site Gbamm!
May 14, 2013 by EditorBritish-Nigerian Ayo Alli talks about: what users of Gbam! will be able to do; the launch date for this new mobile platform; the planned geographic roll-out; the culture of watching football in Lagos and worldwide; and the different physical social… more
Tags: Football social media Nigeria
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Debate and Opinion
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Public health analyst Geof Rayner on legislating against unhealthy food ingredients like trans fats
May 13, 2013 by EditorGeof Rayner, Professor Associate in Public Health, Brunel University and Honorary Research Fellow, City University, London talks about: how the Food Standards Agency in the UK no longer has responsibility for nutrition; the legislation in Denmark against trans fats; the… more
Tags: health
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Brands U Like, Brands U don't
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Shazad Khan, OgilvyOne on its Nigerian social media campaign for Airtel, Half Dollar
April 23, 2013 by EditorShahzad Khan, General Manager, OgilvyOne on: the story behind its Nigerian social media campaign Half Dollar; the level of self-generated songs uploaded by Airtel customers; the comic that accompanied the campaign; and how its You Tube video was the second… more
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What Other People Watch
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Gary Rathbone on African TV sports watching habits and the rise of the tablet as first screen
May 18, 2013 by EditorGary Rathbone, founder of Sports News Africa talks about: what Sports News Africa is setting out to do; the sports watching habits of African viewers; the opportunity to invest in local sports; the impact of social media on sports watching;… more
Tags: Sport Football tablet social media
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Out of the Archive
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A look at the type of material that the Golha digital archive contains
April 29, 2013 by EditorThe Golha archive is an online resource that contains the Iranian radio programmes of the same name from 1956 to the beginning of the Islamic Revolution. This clip outlines the kinds of material in the archive and how it can… more
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The Left Field
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Jukebox The Ghost from New York - ‘The Spiritual’ - City Sessions
March 2, 2013 by EditorAnother great live performance from Jukebox The Ghost from New York filmed by City Sessions, simplicity itself.
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