African Liberty Students' Organisation - ALSO

02/06/2015

URGENT: I NEED YOUR HELP - PLEASE VOTE FOR ME DAILY!!!

Dear Family & Friends,


Kindly accept my compliments.


Some young minds recently started a social enterprise in Abuja that not only recycles PET plastic waste, but also empowers women and unemployed youths. The enterprise, Chanja Datti (www.chanjadatti.com) ably represented by a young dynamic industrial chemist, Mr Oludayo Pelumi applied for the GIST (Global Innovation through Science and Technology) Tech -I Competition organized by theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the U.S. Department of State (http://www.gistnetwork.org/tech-i/semifinalists), and we were selected as SEMIFINALISTS (Yay!!). Note that there were only 5 Semifinalists selected from Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa.

So here's where we NEED your support. In order to move to the next stage we need VOTES. The more the better. I'm personally shooting for 10,000 votes. I know I can get those votes from you all, especially if you encourage your friends and family to also vote for us.

Please use this link to connect the page for voting www.gistnetwork.org/tech-i/vote

• Search for Oludayo
• Click on the video ...then
• Share with the social media icons just above the name
• You can vote once daily
• You can vote once daily till the deadline…and stand to win another opportunity
• You can use your facebook account to vote easily
We count on your support so much as the deadline for voting is June 11. Kindly share with your friends as you believe in our dreams and aspirations for our global entrepreneurship development initiative.

Thank you all so much and see you at the success line.

Yours,

Oludayo Pelumi
Nigeria

If you have any questions regarding the competition, please email [email protected] and we will be happy to assist. Alternatively, join us on the GIST Network Tech-I discussion boards.

31/01/2015

Happy weekend to you! Thought of sharing this with you for your reading pleasure.
http://www.africapitalisminstitute.org/private-sector-can-help-economic-development/

In the year 2000, the United Nations made the historic announcement of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They were very specific and had a timeline of 15 years for delivery. Progress on most of the goals has been encouraging, but as we look towards the next round of development goals, we mu…

08/01/2015

I deserve LIBERTY, long for PEACE, and desire PROSPERITY...I love African Liberty. Liberty can't wait friends

15/11/2014

"Only one out of every 40 dollars
of foreign direct investment
since the 1990s has gone to Sub-
Saharan Africa."

http://forumblog.org/2014/11/how-africa-can-encourage-foreign-investment/?utm_content=buffer14eae&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Only one out of every 40 dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) since the 1990s has gone to Sub-Saharan Africa. This is dwarfed by the one out of every eight dollars that went to Latin America and the Caribbean, or the more impressive one out of every four dollars invested in Asian countries. Ye…

12/11/2014

Please help SFL raise awareness
about Sait Matty Jaw’s case to
secure his release by sharing the
news online using the
hashtag and
signing petition online.

On Wednesday November 5th, 2014, our colleague, friend and
brother, Sait Matty Jaw did not return home. It was soon discovered that he was picked up by the notorious National Intelligence Agency (NIA) of The
Gambia. The NIA and Police remains light-lipped about the
whereabouts of Sait Matty Jaw
or why he's being held. Over 5
days have passed since his
arrest....
Read more and sign the petition here...
https://www.change.org/p/republic-of-the-gambia-free-our-brother-sait-matty-jaw ?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C6841201839

On Wednesday November 5th, 2014, our colleague, friend and brother, Sait Matty Jaw did not return home. It was soon discovered that he was picked up...

10/11/2014

J Japheth Omojuwa believes that
Nigeria needs an exemplary leader.

Read this leader's profile inside the
link via http://www.metropole.ng/index.php/component/k2/item/2948-the-exemplary-leader-nigeria-needs

The Exemplary Leader Nigeria Needs By Japheth Omojuwa

04/11/2014

Franklin Cudjoe

7 important events associated with
IMANI's 10th Anniversary you should
NOT miss. Inbox me if you would
like to attend many of them. Share the
information widely

1. November 12. – IMANI-
OccupyGhana to host a forum on
Corruption:
Speakers: Pastor Mensa Otabil,
Manasseh Azure Awuni, Lawyer Ace
Ankomah, Dr. Esi Ansah.
Venue:
Christ the King Parish Hall,
Switchback Road @3:30pm
Moderator: Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah

2. November 18: Joint organisation
of on a national conversation on the
IMF bailout with other other highly respected CSOs. Speakers include
Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, Dr. Kwesi
Botchway, Kofi Bentil etc.

3. November 19th: IMANI together
with Ghana, OSIWA and
HSS organise a public forum on the
threats posed by Ghana’s
constitutional reform process.
Speakers: Retired Supreme Court
Judge, Justice V.C.R.A.C Crabbe,
Samson Lardy Anyenini, a Private
Legal Practitioner, Prof. Kwasi Prempeh, and Ms Nana Yaa Ofori-
Atta, CEO of The Legacy Project.
Moderator: Ms Golda Naa Adaku
Addo , Executive Director,
Ghana Initiative.
Venue: Alisa Hotel, North Ridge

4. November 20th: Second
OccupyGhana forum on corruption
Speakers: Rev. Palmer-Buckle,
Archbishop of Accra, Madam
Elizabeth Ohene, Professor H. Kwasi
Prempeh.
Venue: Christ the King
Parish Hall, Switchback Road
@3:30pm Moderator: Kojo Oppong-
Nkrumah

5. November 25th: IMANI' dinner
and public awards ceremony -. Key
speech: ''Integrity in Public Office''-
Speaker to be decided. Side
Attraction: Rap Doctor Okyeame
Kwame, Nat Brew etc. - Strictly by
Invitation
Venue: Alisa Hotel, North
Ridge.
Debate: Ghana's Constitution
supports Winner-Take-All politics.
Debators: Kofi Bentil and Prof. H.K
Prempeh. Moderator: Ms Nana Yaa
Ofori-Atta, CEO of The Legacy
Project. Strictly by Invitation
Venue:
Alisa Hotel, North Ridge
6. November 27th: Supporting ELBA
on Energy in Ghana: Theme-
Highlighting government’s failure in
the energy sector and its socioeconomic impact (industry,
education, security and healthcare
etc). SPEAKERS: Energy Experts and
Key Victims of Energy Crisis i.e. AGI,
SME players (carpenters,
hairdressers, etc)

7. December 4th- High Level IMANI
-Morocco Government forum on
understanding key regional
evolutions shaping the future of
Ghana-Morocco relationship. Special
focus on business, security,
sustainable agriculture, environment
and food security and Development
in the Atlantic Space.

Other IMANI Global information:
1. IMANI’s Research Assistant, Ms
Maud Martei will represent me on a
Government of Ghana (GoG) and
United States MiDA tour to India and
Uganda. This is in connection with
Ghana’s second Compact and the
on-going discussions on Private
Sector Participation. The Hon.
Minister of Energy and Petroleum
nominated only IMANI and IEA
Ghana CEOS (think tanks) to be part
of a GoG Team to undertake a study
Tour (November 15-27) to
understand how PSP is working in these countries and the issues and
problems arising. This trip is being
jointly organized by GoG and the
USA counterparts, MiDA is
facilitating.

2. Meanwhile, I will be speaking
again.
Speaker: Global Economic
Governance Network Partners
annual G20 and Africa Conference.
‘The G20 and Africa’s Practical
Development Challenges’,
Johannesburg
Speaker: Think Tank Fundraising in
difficult environments and working
with Development Agencies, New
York
Speaker: Ghana’s current
Challenges and How to get out of it-
London (TBD)

IMANI's mission: IMANI’s mission is
simply subjecting any government
policy that is likely to have
systematic implications for
development to basic ‘value for
money’, ‘due diligence’ and ‘rational
choice’, ‘public choice’ and ‘vested
interest’ analysis and then actively
engage in public advocacy to
publicize the results, with a view to promoting peace and prosperity
through human flourishing.

02/11/2014

Science doesn’t necessarily
mean progress until it moves out
of the lab and into the market.
http://fee.org/the_freeman/detail/entrepreneurs-make-science-work

The market system reveals the ultimate value of an invention, not its scientific significance as such.

02/11/2014

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6069490

Your mobile phone can save a thousand lives. And now, through Developers Doing Development, Michael Henderson and Scott Akers are using SMS automation to combat issues of infrastructure and disease....

02/11/2014

Protecting the Right and choice of
All.

Africanliberty.org- http://
businessnews.com.ng/2014/11/02/
senate-health-committee-assures-
balanced-tobacco-legislation/?1utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=
facebook&utm_campaign=senate-h
ealth-committee-assures-balanced-
tobacco-legislation

We are happy to announce that our Swahili version of notable libertarian texts are now available. We would be publishing the works of Frederick Bastiat, John Staurt Mill, Freidrich Hayek, Cato, Tom Palmer, and many others. We would be grateful if our Swahili speaking friends will spread the word in…

01/11/2014

: The Nation Remains the
Easiest Place to Do Business in
Sub-Sahara, World Bank Report
Says:

http://allafrica.com/stories/
201410300724.html

01/11/2014

Prof
George Ayittey

Burkina Faso Uprising – Why it
Matters
http://wao.st/10bpG0l