Read more →
 
 

AfriPOP! Socialite: Tolu Ogunlesi

Tolu Ogunlesi appears on our list of ten Nigerian wordsmiths you should know. The man is a jack of all trades: journalist, poet, fiction writer…and twitter champ perhaps?! An award-winning Nigerian journalist (Arts and Culture Prize in the 2009 CNN Multichoice African Journalism Awards), Ogunlesi’s writing has appeared in The Independent, CNN.com, Economist.com, Publishing Perspectives and guardian.co.uk. His fiction and poetry have been published in The London Magazine, Wasafiri, Farafina, PEN Anthology of New Nigerian [...]

 

Read more →
 
 

AfriPOP! Socialite: Saratu Abiola

When it comes to discussions of African politics online, Saratu Abiola is usually knee-deep in the social media arena of these conversations. Well-informed and au courant she is a refreshing voice of the “progressive” Africans in the twitterverse. A former journalist, this Nigerian firecracker or “grumpy old woman”, as she describes herself, is the politics editor for Nigerians Talk, an online bloggers community focusing on Nigeria. If you need a [...]

 

Read more →
 
 

AfriPOP! Socialite: Mr. Mobility

He goes by Mr. Mobility. Yomi Adegboye’s expertise involve all things mobile and he has become the go-to source for that sector in Nigeria, which will eventually (if not already) include all of Africa. Having already built a tight-knit community around Mobility blog, his main platform for spreading his knowledge, it is interesting to watch how a “techie” on the continent is using social media to his advantage. Meet our [...]

 

Read more →
 
 

AfriPOP! Socialite: Semhar Araia

So remember when #whatILoveAboutAfrica became a worldwide trending topic earlier this week? Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you to the source of the phenomenon. Semhar Araia, a critical addition to the criticism of the #Kony2012 viral video, is a well-known voice on social issues on twitter. Meet Semhar, also the founder of  D.A.W.N – (Diaspora African Woman’s Network) a global network for African diaspora professional woman and this week’s AfriPOP! Socialite. Real [...]

 

Read more →
 
 

AfriPOP! Socialite: Kate Bomz

AfriPOP! socialite is a weekly feature that introduces you to the internet’s socially prominent Africans. Meet Tanzanian-born Kathleen Bomani, a social media maven in her own right.