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Posted by stefvermeulen on 23 November 2010, 1:41 pm
People say in America everything is possible.
You should go to Nairobi. No limits, no buts. Greenlightseverywhere.
All because of the cheetahs. The shakers and movers of Kenya.
Young, ambitious guys and dolls that have new solutions to old problems.
Spotacheetah.com/.mobi
At the Nailab, an incubating place for the next entrepreneurs of Kenya, people are now working on an interactive cheetah webplatform.
Spotacheetah connects the cheetahs to the apprentices, the large group of young Kenyans that are eager for information, coaching and more inspiration. The central question: what is the secret behind the cheetahs’ success?
Survey
Please spare 5 minutes of your time to fill in the survey.
It will help spotacheetah.com become a better platform for you!
ARMADILLO
Yesterday I saw ‘Armadillo‘, a filcrew was embedded for 6 months with Danish troops in Afghanistan (Helmand). Young guys looking for adventure, but a war is not romantic at all. It’s boring. And when it’s not boring, your life it not safe anymore.
The documentary gives an impression what it is like to be on a mission in Afghanistan, but I’m sure it’s just one small piece…
WHEN CHINA MET AFRICA
China invests, on big scale, in Zambia. It doesn’t ask any questions and will start immediately.
‘When China Met Africa‘ is a documentary about Chinese investors in Zambia. Due to the (fast) growing economy there’s a increased demand for raw materials, often obtained from Africa. The documentary observes three men who represent different aspects of this. All three agree: ‘Zambia wins, China wins‘
BLOOD IN THE MOBILE
Ever wondered what’s in your mobile? To produce mobile phones minerals are needed, from Congo. The trade of these minerals are a source for the ongoing war in Congo. The booming mobile phone market is not going to help to stop this war…
MARATHON BOY
Budhia Singh is a young boy living in India, with a special talent: running. When he’s just 4 years old he already runs a marathon: ‘Marathon Boy’. Biranchi Das, his adoptive father, does everything to hype his pupil and make a real star of him. A political struggle, riots, Budhia’s biological mother who wants to get her child back and the ‘slum-maffia’: things are getting really fierce.
(this is not the official trailer)
MASAI ON THE MOVE Masai on the Move. What does it mean to be a Masai in 2010? About one million Masai live in Kenya and Tanzania. Despite a fast changing world the Masai are living in a very traditional way, as they do for centuries. How do they deal with a changing world? Three Masai, share their views about the dillema’s they’re facing.
UMOJA:NO MEN ALLOWED
In Umoja (Kenya) there are no men. The women living in Umoja claim to be raped by British soldiers from a base in Nothern Kenya. Because of this their men divorced from the women and they made the village a ‘men free zone’. Umoja is the product of indignation and loneliness of the women. Umoja: No Men Allowed. (no trailer available)
So….
Are you going to IDFA? If so, what’s your programma?
And what documentaries, beside IDFA, you recommend?
Somebody from Ordina approached us some time ago if we would be interested in organizing a Co-Creation as a form of teambuilding for a new project that she was working on. A project in which Ordina was teaming up with Rijkswaterstaat. And so we started!
After a period of preparation, the Co-Creation took place on September 28th. We selected three business cases to be worked on that day:
Meleya is an umbrella-brand meant to launch a series of fair and special Ethiopian products such as wine, honey, coffee and culture. Meleya is planning to open a coffee corner in both Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and The Haye, The Netherlands. Debritu, owner of Meleya, asked Ordina and Rijkswaterstaat to give her input for a solid businessplan.
Marie-Noëlle from Cameroon set up Zao Nafasi, an organization that strives to enhance the educational situation of schools in Africa. The organization has formulated certain goals to be achieved in five years, but missed a strategy to achieve these goals. Marie-Noelle explained the goals of Nafasi through skype as she is currently in South Korea.
Hirda works with other organizations to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering in Somalia, particularly the South and Central regions. As their current website is not meeting their needs, Fatumo, director of Hirda, asked her team to help her design wireframes for a new website.
The three teams, carefully composed of both people from Ordina and Rijkswaterstaat, gave their best to come up with useful creative solutions. As can be seen in the video: it turned out to be a very fruitful afternoon for all parties involved.
