Mike Stopforth

Ok so the other night I was a guest on CNBC Africa. I didn’t really let everyone know because television is not my favourite medium by a long shot (I have a face for radio) and so if it was a terrible interview I could simply pretend it never happened.
As it happens, though, the [...]

This just may be the answer to the digital music dilemma those the iPod generation faces. We7, backed by Peter Gabriel, hopes to answer the DRM / download / P2P / Label shambles with a new Web 2.0-ish model that allows you to download tracks for free, with an ad attached to them, that [...]

Contrary to what you may be thinking the title of this post is not my delusionary response to an overdose of Valium and Voltaren (my two new best friends) after sustaining a sever lower back sprain while playing action cricket the other evening.
It is rather the theme of a ‘Future of Media and the Web’-type [...]

London 2012 Olympic Logo Design Competition | Design Your Own Logo
The gang at Quirk have come up with a great response to the vomitous 2012 London Olympics logo - design you own!
(tags: Quirk branding design 2012 logo London olympics)

Thinking About Africa 2.0 | White African
Interesting reflections from Erik Hersman
(tags: Africa development future technology TED)

I’m sad this morning. It’s a deep, dull sadness that has been lingering and growing for some time. I’m sad because for the first time ever I woke up this morning, sat up in bed, and seriously considered leaving South Africa to start a life in another country, like so many of my [...]

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RMB Has A Go At Investec, originally uploaded by Mike Stopforth.

Got to love the person who came up with this (um, they shall remain nameless) - seen on a chalkboard at the RMB Academy

Eve Dmochowska has contacted me to let me know that OpenCoffee, an idea originally ‘imported’ by Eric Edelstein, is coming to Jozi.
The club was started in the UK in an attempt to “encourage entrepreneurs, developers and investors to organise real-world informal meetups to chat, network and grow…” according to Saul Klein, the founder.
I [...]

SACM online
South Africa Computer Magazine’s blog
(tags: South Africa SouthAfrica blog blogging media publishing publisher MSM)

Intelligence Magazine
Intelligence magazine’s attempt at blogging - why a Blogger site? Surely they can come up with something more slick?
(tags: Intelligence Magazine blogging bloggers media publishing)

This photo from White African: Ory Okolloh promoting Afrigator at TED…

Thanks Ory!!!

Business Fund.com » How To: Bootstrap It (27 Tips)
27 (nice number) tips for bootstrapping your small business
(tags: business Entrepreneur entrepreneurship HOWTO startups)