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Cemeroonian Telecom Bellionaire Collin Ebako Mukete-Get Inspired

Chairman of the Board of Directors of MTN-Cameroon, in which it holds 30% of shares, English tycoon, who lives between New York and Douala, is also the founder of Spectrum Television, a media group consisting especially of STV1 chain ( music and entertainment) and general STV2 led by Senegalese journalist Mactar Silla. The group acquired the broadcasting rights to the "Premier League" anglaiset the "Liga" Spanish, which he sold in 14 African countries. From Dynasty Mukete, who reigns over the traditional chiefs of the town of Kumba (South West), it is little known in his country. This is far from the case of his father, Chief Nfon Mukete, National Vice-President of the Democratic Rally of the Cameroonian People (CPDM party in power) and Chairman of the Board of Directors CAMTEL the incumbent telecommunications Cameroon.

Colin Ebarko Mukete remains yet discreet, or deleted, as usual. Spread in the press is not kind. Especially since MTN began tight with the authorities to keep his chances face negotiations with prospective operators for 3G: Emirati Etisalat (with its brand Moov), India's Bharti Airtel and internet service provider Ringo (controlled by Glenar fund based in Switzerland). The final decision is expected before the end of the year.

Conglomerate

Meanwhile, as every time he returns to Cameroon - usually every ten days - Colin Mukete dedicated to his communications group Spectrum. A conglomerate consists of two particular television (STV1 and STV2) he initiated the restructuring. Thus, STV1 gradually transformed into Boom TV , specializing in entertainment (drama, music, reality shows, sports, cultural magazines, etc..). About STV2, it remains a French general channel.

A broader plan to expand the distribution network is underway, with the introduction of new transmitters across the country as well as the renovation of broadcast equipment and production. Very short-term goal: position these channels among the leaders on the continent. Fifty recruitments are planned before the end of the year, which would go from 100 to 150 the total number of employees. With distribution by four satellites, the two strings are already present in Europe and will soon be available via cable networks in the United States .

Colin Mukete handles everything from strategy development to the purchase of equipment, reports does it internally. It also keeps an eye on his choice of collaborators: the beginning of November, a new CEO, the Swiss-Nigerian Olutokun Karl Toriola (former director of MTN Benin ), join MTN Cameroon.And those who are surprised to see Mukete run the company from New York, the firm ensures that it is essential to take a step back: "Things are clearer from the outside," argues the new member of the Central Committee of theCameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM in power). A surprise: we knew no political tropism this pure American universities, little known in his country despite his belonging to the dynasty of Mukete, who reigns over the traditional chieftaincy Kumba (South-West).

Breakthrough

In the family, there is more in business. And his father, Victor Nfon Mukete, which in 93 years, is still chairman of the board of directors CAMTEL. The breakthrough son in com 'back to the mid 1980s, with the purchase of TV programs for CRTV : soap operas Dallas and Dynasty in Cameroon, this is it.He then diversified into cable channels, with the sale of decoders for the South African M-Net , a shareholder of MTN South Africa. And when M-Net decides to sell its shares in the former Mobil CAMTEL Colin Mukete redeems them for € 65 million, to acquire what would become MTN Cameroon.

Also present in the sale of phone cards and internet solutions, Colin Mukete also has the first advertising agency in the country, Spectrum Advertising. In its portfolio: the two largest advertisers in the country, Guinness (a budget of € 6 million per year) and ... MTN Cameroon. 

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Oh dear! Singer Mel B is on another level. (see pics)

IT IS REALLY HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!MEL,B AKWEN'S AMAZING TALENT AND HUMILITY HAS HER SO MANY DOORS.SHE IS BEING BOOKED FOR SEVERAL MEGA SHOWS AND SHE'S GOT A COUPLE OF THEM COMING UP THIS NOVEMBER 2013.DONT WAIT TO FOLLOW HER PAGE INORDER TO KNOW WHEN.JUST A HINT,SHE WILL BE PERFORMING  AT THE MEGA CONCERT LIVE WITH,STANLEY ENOW AND DINA BELL IN LIMBE,SAT-23/11/13.
Watch and enjoy some of her singles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hEnF6OdTUo





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MEL,B PERFORMING AT A SHOW IN SEME BEACH- LIMBE



MEL,B A."PEFORMANING AT ASKIA"S VIDEO PREMIER
 
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Guaranteeing Results from Advertising

Is it possible to guarantee advertising results? If you approach advertising as a science instead of an art results are fairly predictable.

The first tangible return from an advertiser’s money, when invested in space, is an
inquiry about the product. That inquiry may be verbal to a clerk over the counter, or it may be by mail, in a written, stamped and posted letter.

But, in either case, it is just an inquiry for the goods, of one sort or another. It is the first
practical evidence that the money spent is earning something tangible in return.

Now it may take two or three times as much conviction in copy to make a consumer
write an inquiry for goods, and post it, as it would have taken to make that same consumer
inquire verbally for the goods advertised, when passing a store that should sell them.

But, when he does inquire verbally from a retailer, there are two or three times as many
chances of substitution, of “Don’t-keep-it” or “Here’s-something-better,” as there would
have been if that same consumer had written direct for it by mail.

Therefore, the advertisement which sends consumers to retailers, should be as full of
conviction as the successful Mail-Order Advertisement, in order to fortify that consumer
against substitution, “Don’t-keep-it,” and “Here’s-something-better.”

Because, if the advertisement fails to thus fortify the consumer with “Reason-Why” and
conviction, it may simply send him to the retail store to be switched on to a competing line
of goods with which the retailer is heavily stocked, or which his clerks favor the sale of in
preference to ours.

In that case the advertising we pay for would sell goods for our non-advertising
competitors.

Half the money spent to “Keep-the-Name-before-the-People” results today in this
substitution of non-advertised articles for the articles advertised through general publicity.

“General Publicity” copy, when tested, is found in almost every case too weak to sell goods
profitably by mail. Additionally, any copy which is not strong enough, or convincing enough, to sell
goods by mail, is not strong enough to make the consumer resist substitution, and the “Don’t-
keep-that-kind” influence of retail conditions.

“General Advertising” copy, to succeed, profitably, must therefore cause not only a verbal
Inquiry for the goods, but must also have enough strong conviction saturated into it to make
the consumer insist upon getting the goods he asks for, against probable substituting
influence.

It must therefore give him better “Reason-why” he should buy our goods than he is likely to
hear from the retail Salesman for the competing goods that Salesman may want to substitute.
And, it must give him these “reason-why” in such lucid thought-form that he can understand
without effort, so impressively that he will believe our reasoning claims. It must accomplish
this in spite of his natural distrust of all advertisement statements.

This means that we must put into General Advertising Copy the precise qualities that would be
necessary to sell goods profitably by mail. More than half the people who inquire for
advertised goods out of Curiosity as a result of “General Publicity” (“Keeping-the-Name-
before-the-People,” etc.) do not buy them when they see them.

Because the competing goods look just as fine when shown and recommended by the
substituting salesman, the curiosity inquiry having no firm foundation of “Reason-Why”
under it cannot combat the personal influence of the salesman.

This is why not more than a fourth of those who, out of mere curiosity, buy the first package,
through “General Publicity,” ever buy the second or third consecutive package of the same
article. Because they do not buy on Conviction

Meantime, it usually takes about all the profit in the first purchase of any “Generally
Advertised” article to pay the cost of introducing it to the Consumer’s notice, through
Advertising.

But, with “Reason-Why” Salesmanship-on-Paper, results are insured and far more cumulative.
Because, a Consumer need only be convinced once, through “Reason-why” “Salesmanship-
on-paper,” that the article is what he should, for his own sake, buy and use.

When we thus convince him, we achieve more than fortifying him against substitution.

We also help his imagination to find and recognize, in the article advertised, the very qualities
claimed and proved for it in the Copy. These qualities he might never have discovered for
himself, nor appreciated if he had casually discovered them, in a mere “Curiosity” purchase.

Because, through General Publicity, his attention had only been “attracted,” not compelled and
enduringly impressed with a logical understanding of these qualities.

But, when once convinced in advance of purchase, through “Reason-Why” Salesmanship-in-
Type, that the qualities claimed for the article do exist in them, he starts using that article with a
mental acceptance of these qualities.

Because he begins using the article with an advance knowledge of, and belief in, its good
points, his appreciation becomes permanent if the goods merit it.

He therefore makes a second, third, and further consecutive purchases of the article as a
result of having once read a single convincing “Reason-Why” advertisement about it.

This is where large and cumulative profits must come to the General Advertiser-on the second,
third and continued purchases by Readers of the first advertisement that reached their
Convictions.

These conviction qualities in copy are shown, by test, to be just as necessary in Advertising
design to sell goods profitably today, through Retailers to Consumers, as they are to sell goods
direct by mail to Consumers.

That is why every Advertisement for goods to be sold through Retailers (against substitution,
and “Don’t keep-it” influences), should have as much positive selling force, “Reason-why” and
conviction in it, as would be necessary to sell the goods by mail direct to Consumers.

The difference in Results from Space in which this direct selling force of “Reason-Why” has
been used, and in results from similar space filled with “General Publicity,” is often more than
60 per cent. Conclusive tests on Copy have clearly proved this, and preceding article cites a
vivid example of it from actual experience.

Any Advertiser who uses mere “General Publicity” when he might have all that and, in addition,
a positive Selling force combined with it is losing 50 percent to 80 per cent of the results he
might have had from the same identical appropriation.

Selling tests made on various kinds of Copy and Mediums have proved this for “Reason-Why”
which is the Heart and Soul and Essence of all good Advertising.

Forbes magazine's 50 Richest Africans 2013 list. Dangote now worth $20b

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Alcef Riviera Amusement Park Mile 4 Limbe Presents Mega Concert

ALCEF , is hosting a sensational ‘Mega Concert"’ with highly rated and talented musicians and other entertainers featuring a line-up of Cameroonian Superstar- Stanley Enow, Dina Bell,Benco Mathelly among others

The event will be held in Mile 4 Limbe on November 23, 2013 

The concert will take place at the magnificent Alcef amusement park , Located in mile 4 Limbe. The great event  will begin at 10 am; with the opening of the park with games and attractions for children and adults, and the grand concert will begin at 1 pm sharp. Guests can expect live performances and entertainment,  drinks and great pleasure.

 

Alcef believes that it is essential to improve the lives of children around the world who lack quality education and basic mental health needs. Alcef provides educational materials and medications for students in need.

 

Tickets for the event are priced at 1,000 frs(General Admission) and 5,000 frs (VIP) Tickets are currently being sold at Buea Doual and Limbe (please see flyer for more information , and can also be requested at 

park@alcef.com. Press/Media Houses can contact park@alcef.com to RSVP

In setting up the ALCEF Riviera Amusement Park, the Management hopes to:

• Promote family values by helping provide an excellent venue for spending quality family time and thus help to preserve the integrity of this basic and crucial unit of society
• Contribute towards the provision of quality education for children who visit the Park by virtue of the opportunity for hands-on learning experiences
• Help provide the opportunity for healthy, vigorous, wholesome physical exercise that is so necessary for the balanced growth of children and adults alike
• Underline and promote the virtues of a clean, wholesome, environment-friendly activity for all to enjoy

The ALCEF Riviera Amusement Park is for your children and also for you; hurry up and discover its unbeatable marvels!! NO BODY SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND

For more information please visit http://www.alcef.com/alcefsite/index.html

Can Jimla Nene be crowned the Presenter of Africa?

The now famous Jimla Nene Shadzeka, presenter of “Hello” on CRTV too has got a story.Be inspired by her story.

The must viewed face on the most popular and ever interest show on the-CRTV Jimla Nene  started her journalism career after her participation on a phone-in show on CRTV Bamenda  which revealed traits of journalism in her.

       Nene's journey to the studio went through the Department of Journalism and Mass (JMC) of the University of Buea and the Yaounde Advanced School of Mass Communication (ASMAC). In 2003, she was led into the gate of the National Station in Yaounde .

     “I started off with the news summary and gradually got co-opted on “News and Focus” and “Cameroon This Morning”, call it CTM,” she explains.

        “Life ran out of me just before the camera cued me in,” Nene explains. And adds: “However, as soon as I pronounced my first word, I knew I would make it.”

    A couple of months into the show, Nene seems to have seduced every viewer. “They flood me with congratulatory messages, my jovial conversations being what they like.

     But what seems to charm her fans more is the talented presenter’s palatable English articulation (said to have been inherited from her mother), her charismatic smile and elegance. It’s also her telegenic nature that motivated the producer of the programme, Robert Ekukole to choose Nene for the show.

    Today, Nene says she has lost part of her freedom and must start grappling with the exigencies of stardom. “As a role model to many young people, I must live an exemplary life,” she says.

    That however, doesn’t stop the 1.70m-tall lover of cars to ride around, go swimming and playing Tennis on weekends.

    Nene, who loves achu, a traditional dish of the Ngembas in the North West Region knows anything else except the number of dresses and shoes in her wardrobe. “There are simply many,” she says briefly.             

    Perhaps a loaded work and study schedule does not permit the prime time daybreak show heroine to travel the world as much as she would have loved to, though she has been to Nigeria, Chad, Central African Republic and the United States of America. Nene is presently rounding off a post-graduate diploma in journalism in the Advanced School of Mass Communication (ASMAC). Nene pays tribute to the following senior colleagues: Philip Bawe, Charles Sama and Jessie Atogho. “I also have the Association of English-speaking Journalists of the National Station known as FRIENDS at heart,” she says. She also condemns deviant domestic sex. “Youths must guard against it.”

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Dolapo Oni is the November cover girl for WOW magazine.

Get inspired by her personality

Marcy Dolapo Oni is a Versatile Actress, Media Personality and Master of Ceremony; She continues to shine on TV screens across the Entire Continent of Africa as she interviews high profile guests and wows her fans engaging them daily with her wit, charm and charisma.

She has worked globally with classical and contemporary material across all mediums - from stage and television, to radio - Crafting her Expertise in Entertainment.

Dolapo began her African Television Career in 2010, after a very successful acting career in the U.K, as the Lead Anchor on the Mnet show '53 Extra'. From there she was nominated amongst hundreds of contestants as one of the two chosen Co Hosts on Africa's number one talk show "Moments with Mo" which is Exclusive to EbonyLife TV; Africa's Premium Entertainment Channel.

This TV darling has interviewed some of the highest profiled celebrities worldwide. From musicians, actors, sportsmen to business moguls, such as Don Jazzy, Femi Kuti, Sean Paul, TY Bello to name a few.

She says, "The highlight of my career to date is interviewing Venus and Serena Williams. I'm a huge tennis fan and they have achieved so much. It was really inspiring."

As Nigeria's No 1 Female Master of Ceremony, Dolapo has hosted many high profile corporate and lifestyle events for companies such as Nokia, P&G, Africa Magic, Malta Guinness, Ebony Life TV Launch (with Dare Art Alade), Genevieve Magazine, Complete Fashion Magazine and The Future Awards,

She was chosen to Represent Nigeria as a VIP Guest on behalf of Moët and Chandon Champagne at the 2012 Roland Garros Tournament in France. She spent the first day in Epernay touring the Moët and Chandon headquarters, took part in wine tasting and showed off her culinary skills in a cooking class with a Michelin Star chef. The day ended for her with her attending the gala dinner at the prestigious 'invite only' Château de Saran. As a special guest Dolapo was treated to watching the women's semi finals, Sharapova vs Kvitova, at the French Open.

One of her most memorable acting roles was in the play 'Iya-Ile' (The First wife), produced by Soho Theatre/the Tiata Fahodzi Company in the United Kingdom. The stage piece was written by award winning playwright, Oladipo Agboluaje, who was also behind the short-film "Area Boys," shot in the bustling metropolitan city of Lagos, Nigeria. This play was nominated for the Most Prestigious British theatre awards, The Lawrence Olivier Award in the "Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre" category.

She was also cast in the BBC mini-series 'Vexed' where she was one of three members of a pop band. She played the character of Tina T, the heart and soul of the group. She then segued into the African industry because of her deep love for homegrown entertainment.

In 2011, she was cast as the 'Lady in Blue' in the Nigerian adaptation of the famous Broadway stage play 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf' by Ntozake Shange.

She immediately followed these performances, as a new addition to the cast of the hit South African TV- Series 'Jacob's Cross,' one of the most popular drama series in Africa. She played the part of 'Moremi Omotoso' - a woman who is passionate, liberated, strong and fights for what she believes in.

Dolapo has shared the stage with notable actresses like Joke Silva, Jenny Jules and Danny Sapani, and was well received for her lead role from seasoned theatre critics and worked with internationally renowned actors like Lucy Punch, Tony Stephens and Jude Akuwudike.

She believes that "Acting is playing in a sense, being able to align yourself with a character and drawing from your own experiences to become one with that character. It allows you to be completely free. There is nothing else like it"

She has been nominated for numerous awards such as; The Future Awards (for young achievers), NEA Awards which celebrates the best in Nigerian entertainment and the Fab Awards which she went on to Win as TV Personality of the year 2012.

In 2013 she was one of three women chosen as a brand ambassador for a new alcoholic beverage from Diageo called "Snapp". A fruity apple flavoured drink targeted at women.

She was also the first ever recipient of the Dorothy L. Sayers actors award in UK in 2006. This was for her role in the play "God is a DJ" by Oladipo Agboluaje. This award is given to rising stars in the acting world.

Whether she is Hosting, Acting, Interviewing or Presenting Dolapo Oni Continues to raise the bar and remains a force to reckon with in Africa and indeed across the world.

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SONNAH AWARDS 2013 GET A LOOK AT NOMINEES

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Young African Entrepreneurs to Inspire you

Tech Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO, VMK

Verone Mankou is the founder of VMK, a tech company focused on mobile technologies, specifically in the design, in Africa, of Tablet PCs & Smartphones.  In 2011 VMK presented the Way-C, its first Android Tablet PC. The Way-C retails at USD $300 and is available in the Congo and France. VMK also manufactures an African-themed Android smartphone calledElikia. Mankou is 26. Read more about Mankou and VMK here.

Opeyemi Awoyemi, Olalekan Olude & Ayodeji Adewunmi, Nigerian

Founders, Jobberman

The trio founded Jobberman, Nigeria’s biggest job search engine and aggregator. Jobberman went live in August 2009, and today the site attracts over 50,000 unique users each day. Through simple, yet cutting-edge technology, Jobberman helps link qualified personnel to the right job opportunities. Jobberman is one of the few companies in Nigeria’s tech space that enjoy venture capital backing. Read more about Awoyemi, Olude and Adewunmi and Jobberman here.

Oluwaseun Osewa, Nigerian

Founder, Nairaland

Nigerian geek Oluwaseun Osewa is the founder of Nairaland, Africa’s largest online forum. He founded the site in March 2005 as a general purpose discussion forum with a bias towards issues of interest to Nigerians. The site took off. Nairaland now has close to 1 million registered users and is the most popular Nigerian website today. For perspective: In Nigeria, Nairaland gets more visits than Wikipedia. Nairaland earns its revenue through its ad inventory. Read more about Oluwaseun Osewa and Nairaland here.

Ashley Uys, South African

Founder, Medical Diagnostech

Ashley Uys’ company, Medical Diagnostech develops and markets affordable and reliable medical test kits for malaria, pregnancy, syphilis, malaria, HIV/ Aids for South Africa’s rural poor. The company’s Malaria pf/PAN (pLDH) Test kit can reportedly detect all strains of malaria and indicate within 30 minutes whether the malaria treatment provided is effective. Last November, Medical Diagnostech won $120,000 in prize money at the SAB Foundation 2nd Annual Social Innovation Awards. Uys is 29. Read more about Ashley Uys and Medical Diagnostech here.

Sizwe Nzima, South African

Founder, Iyeza Express

The 21 year-old South African entrepreneur runs Iyeza Express, an innovative enterprise which helps reduce overcrowding at public health facilities by collecting and delivering medication from public clinics and hospitals on bicycles to residents of the Western Cape who are on protracted medication.Read more about Sizwe Nzima and Iyeza here.

William Kamkwamba, Malawian

Inventor

Meet the boy who harnessed the wind. Born in Malawi, William was only 14 years old when he built an electricity-producing windmill from junkyard scraps in order to provide a steady source of water for his family’s farm and village in Masitala Village, Wimbe. With a bicycle dynamo and chain ring, tractor fan, rubber belts and bamboo poles, William succeeded in building a functioning windmill that provided energy for two radios and four light bulbs. Fuelled by the modest success of the initial windmill, William set out to build a larger windmill to help with irrigation for his entire village. Kamkwamba is currently studying for a degree in Environmental studies and Engineering at Dartmouth College in the USA.

Sandra Appiah and Isaac Boateng, Ghanaian

Co-founder, Face2Face Africa

Sandra Appiah, 23 and Isaac Boateng, 28, both Ghanaian nationals are the founders of Face2Face Africa (F2FA), a New York city-based new media company with a mandate to restore Africa’s image within the global community. The company has three divisions: an outfit that publishes a magazine which explores African development, culture, entertainment and fashion, an events business and a thriving website. Read more about Sandra Appiah, Isaac Boateng and Face2Face Africa here

Medical Doctor, Founder, Flying Doctors

A Nigerian healthcare entrepreneur and medical doctor, Orekunrin, 25, is the founder of Flying Doctors Nigeria, West Africa’s first Air Ambulance Service. Flying Doctors Nigeria provides urgent helicopter, airplane ambulance and evacuation services in Nigeria and other countries across West Africa. Read more about Ola Orekunrin here.

Andrew Mupuya, Ugandan

Founder, Youth Entrepreneurial Link Investments (YELI)

In 2008 Andrew raised $18 from family and friends and started making paper bags on a small scale. In 2010 he registered his company, Youth Entrepreneurial Link Investments (YELI), which is now the first locally registered paper bag and Envelope-producing Company in Uganda. The company now employs about 15 Ugandans and YELI is a leading supplier of paper bags and envelopes to local hospitals, retail outlets, roadside sellers and local flour manufacturers. Between 2008 and now, YELI has produced more than half a million paper bags. Andrew Mupunya is 20. Read more about Andrew Mupuya here.

Chude Jideonwo & Adebola Williams,Nigerian

Founders, Red Media/ The Future Project

Jideonwo and Williams are co-foundersand Partners of Red Nigeria- a leading full service media-content, communication and Development Company in Nigeria. The firm also owns The Future Project (TFP) – a strategic social enterprise/change communications firm which hosts theannual Future Awards, Nigeria’s most important awards for outstanding young Nigerians.Read more about the duo here.

Mark Kaigwa, Kenyan

Partner, Afrinnovator

Mark Kaigwa, 25 is a multi-talented creative director, filmmaker, digital marketer and entrepreneur. Kaigwa is a co-founder and partner atAfrinnovator, a venture which aims to put Africa on the map by publishing exploits across African innovation, technology and start-ups. He is also Partner at African Digital Art – the web’s leading resource for creative inspiration in animation, illustration, photography and design from Africa. Read more about Mark Kaigwa here.

Arthur Zang, Cameroonian

Inventor

Last year, Arthur Zang, a 25 year-old Cameroonian engineer invented the Cardiopad, a touch screen medical tablet. With the Cardiopad, heart examinations such as the electrocardiogram (ECG) can be performed at remote, rural locations while the results of the test are transferred wirelessly to specialists who can interpret them. The device spares African patients living in remote areas the trouble of having to travel to urban centers to seek medical examinations. The Cardiopad is expected to become commercially available in 2013. Read more about Arthur Zang here.

Thula Sindi, South African

Fashion Entrepreneur, Founder, Thula Sindi

The 28 year-old is one of Southern Africa’s best-known young fashion designers.  After completing his studies at the London International School of Fashion he landed his first job as head designer at Vlisco, a Dutch textile company. He quit shortly afterwards to launch his eponymous self-titled clothing label which designs, manufactures, and markets delicately crafted women’s clothing. Read more about Thula Sindi here.

The Zimbabwean-born media personality and Internet entrepreneur is the founder of Farai Media, an Africa-focused online mobile and advertising platform. She is also a co-Founder of AfricaTripDeals, a global distribution system for travel to Africa. Read more about her here.