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About Me

..Benin "Mwangi" is by day a credit analyst and by night a budding social entrepreneur (ok, by one night a week).During a year-long study abroad tour he totally fell in love with Africa. Travels to five West African nations during his first visit to Africa cemented a love not only for the people of present, but also for Ancient Africa.
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My Interests

African business, economic development, sustainability, business development, international tradeBeninMwangi.com

I'd like to meet:

Mandela, Emaka Okafor (the blogger), Chris Gardner, President Paul Kagame, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, T.D. Jakes

Music:

Nas, Hip Hop, Jazz, R & B (old school), Pop

Movies:

The Usual Suspects, Lord of War, Tsotsi

Television:

The Africa Channel

Books:

Africa Unchained, God Grew Tired of UsBeninMwangi.com

Heroes:

James Brown, Mahammad Ali, Spike Lee, James Makawa, Andrew Young, My Parents, My Ancestors Sign up for our Email Newsletter

My Blog

Let's Keep it Real!

There is so much inspiration that I am getting from TED Global right now.  And although I wasn't there to experience the event first hand from what I have read it has been not...
Posted by beninmwangi.com on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:21:00 PST

A Top Ranking on Google

Recently, I was scouring the web for more data on marketing African businesses to companies worldwide and I came across a most informative site. No wonder they are also #1 on Google for a number of t...
Posted by beninmwangi.com on Wed, 30 May 2007 07:31:00 PST

Adeolu Plugs Rich Dad Poor Dad

While we are on the topic of exceptional bloggers in the Africa Enterprising Blog Network, I wanted to point out another top notch blog. We're talking about Adeolu Akinyemi , who blogs from Nigeria. ...
Posted by beninmwangi.com on Fri, 25 May 2007 09:33:00 PST

Interview with an Africa Blogger

beninmwangi.com: "Posted by beninmwangi on May 8th, 2007Tags: Fashion, Urban, africa, african fashion...
Posted by beninmwangi.com on Wed, 09 May 2007 04:33:00 PST

FInd Out What Craig Did with the $ 4US Billion in his...

What would you do if you had 4 billion USD in your Rolodex (if through your personal and professional contacts you had access to it)? That's a really tough question, isn't it? If you have said yes, th...
Posted by beninmwangi.com on Sat, 05 May 2007 11:32:00 PST

from People Always Ask...It's Time to Go Back-Way Back!

Perhaps the stage was set far before that first visit to Africa (for me to find such a connection with the continent and the people that is..).  So now were going to go back, we're taking it back...
Posted by beninmwangi.com on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:36:00 PST

People Always Ask-continued from 1st installment

Well....this is the continuation....The first thing that hit me when my father and I got off of the plane in Ghana (in December) was the natural smell of the trees and ocean and the warm air.  In...
Posted by beninmwangi.com on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:19:00 PST

from The Benin Epilogue: Magatte Wade-Marchand

Today's Profiles in Entrepreneurship takes us halfway across the globe and back again through France, Germany, and the US (Silicon Valley). Fortunately for Magatte Wade-Marchand this story did not beg...
Posted by beninmwangi.com on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:45:00 PST

From the Benin Epilogue Friends of African Business

Recently, I have had the pleasure of meeting someone really special. His name is Phillip Mungai Nganga. He is unique in that he is involved in two really huge projects, at the same time. There are man...
Posted by beninmwangi.com on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:16:00 PST

People Always Ask...

People always ask me what inspired me to get so involved in Africa or how did I wind up wanting to promote the African continent as a business destination.  This is a question that I get fairly ...
Posted by beninmwangi.com on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:31:00 PST