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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Slow Down for the Speed Bumps


Raise your cyber hands if you have ever encountered a speed bump. Of course we’ve all encountered speed bumps whether as passengers or drivers. What do speed bumps do? They essentially say to you, the driver, “okay you’ve been speeding. I won’t judge you and lucky you for not getting a ticket, yet! But, right now, this moment, please slow down otherwise there will be an inevitable accident.”

As entrepreneurs, we seat in the driver’s seat of our vehicles i.e. our businesses but 99% of the time, we ignore the warnings to slow down when we reach our speed bumps. To some extent it makes sense, doesn’t it? We live in a world and society that demands for us to work faster to keep up with the ever accelerating pace of life. Faster technologies, faster turn around time, faster, faster!

Read more of Slow Down for the Speed Bumps at TIE CON's blog.

TIE CON is the world's largest entrepreneur conference held in Silicon Valley. Ladybrille's Uduak Oduok is quite involved this year in TIE CON 2009 and we would love to see you all at the conference if you can make it!
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The Urgency of Now: Putting Nigeria's Fashion Industry on the Global Map


For too long, Nigeria’s Clothing [Design] and Textile industry has remained a stricken giant locally and globally. It is time to fix the giant.

Within the past five years, when it comes to fashion, Nigeria has, arguably, experienced tremendous growth. For example, recently at the prestigious platform of New York Fashion Week for Fall 2009, Nigerian fashion brands MOMO and Tiffany Amber showcased their collections to the world’s media, buyers and fashion elite. Further, Nigerian designers have and continue to showcase their designs at reputable fashion weeks across the continent.

However, a closer scrutiny begs the question as to the “industry’s” growth and even further emphasizes the saying that “all that glitters is not gold.” As it stands, Nigeria’s Textile Industry has suffered a heart attack while its Clothing/Design industry hemorrhages away. There is a real urgency, the urgency of now, that requires stakeholders and government officials to take action and place the industry on the global fashion map, where it belongs. To do so, however, means Nigeria must halt in its tracks in its pursuit of the global spotlight and instead focus on meeting its basic local requirements.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

SWATI COUTURE by Swati Kapoor


When discussions on entrepreneurship takes place, it is usually hard to find fashion entrepreneurs engaged in the debate/discussions. That is because for the most part, when fashion designer-entrepreneurs interact with the public and especially media, the focus is always on the glitz and glamor. Nevertheless, after all the models sashay, the paparazzi stops clicking and everyone goes home, the fashion designer-entrepreneur goes back to her studio and spends majority of her time doing the business of fashion.

Read more of SWATI by Swati Kapoor? at TIE CON's blog.

TIE CON is the world's largest entrepreneur conference held in Silicon Valley. Ladybrille's Uduak Oduok is quite involved this year in TIE CON 2009 and we would love to see you all at the conference if you can make it!
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Monday, May 11, 2009

Top African TV producers/filmmakers coming to UCSC for week of events, May 11-15


Isaac Moses and Nneka Isaac-Moses produce, direct, and star in the television series "Goge Africa," an award-winning travel show seen by almost 50 million viewers worldwide.

The popular series explores African arts and culture, focusing on performance, festivals, and events.

Created as a response to negative stereotypes of Africa that the Moses saw in both international and local media, the show airs throughout the African continent, plus parts of the United Kingdom and the U.S.

Elisabeth Cameron, associate professor of History of Art & Visual Culture, is bringing the Moses to the UCSC campus for a one-week visit, May 11-15, as part of the Porter College "Visiting Professor and Artist Series," made possible by the UCSC Alumni Association.

The Moses will host several events--including a two-day "Nollywood Film Festival" and a Nigerian fashion show--as well as present guest lectures in classes, and meet with alumni, faculty, and students at a reception in the Porter College Provost House.

"The Moses are big celebrities in Africa," said Cameron. "They're very well-known TV personalities in Nigeria; when we traveled together, everyone recognized them."

Cameron first met the couple when she flew to Nigeria in 2006 to try and obtain footage of a contemporary artist for one of her own projects at the Museum of African Art in New York. The museum recommended contacting the Moses, who helped Cameron get what she needed.

"We got our footage, and they got footage for their TV show," she recalled. "They were so dynamic and fun that I approached Porter College for a grant to bring them to campus.

During their visit, the Moses will give presentations to UCSC students in Cameron's "Contemporary African Art" class, and also in associate history professor David Anthony's "African Cinema" class.

"The Moses are very active in film," Cameron noted. "Nigeria's Nollywood is one of the largest film industries in the world, but it's almost unknown in the U.S."

"I'm teaching a UCSC class on Nollywood this semester and my students have grown to love the films; I am excited to present them to a larger audience," Cameron added.

Highlights of the Moses visit at UCSC will include:


• Tuesday, May 12, 7 p.m.---Nigerian Fashion Show and Nollywood Film Festival (Classroom Unit 1)

• Wednesday, May 13, Noon-1:30 p.m.---Brown Bag with Porter Fellows and Associate
Fellows & Alumni

• Thursday, May 14, 2-3:45 p.m. and 6-7 p.m.--- Presentations to UCSC classes

• Friday, May 15, 2-5 p.m.---Nollywood Film Festival (Studio C, Communications)

Tuesday and Friday's Nollywood Film Festival screenings are open to the public. Admission is free.
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