NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
SPRING IS HERE! On a week in August, memories of Boston were evoked by a countrywide showing of snow so significant that a Johannesburg newspaper renamed the City “Sno’burg” in its headline the following day. But enough about the cold. Spring is here and we celebrate these brighter days by bringing you our eighth issue. Our cover personality epitomises the African professional beyond borders. Probably no other African entertainment personality is viewed by as many people each year than Big Brother’s I.K. from Nigeria and we are pleased to bring you his exclusive interview.
spent three months in Boston, USA in the winter season of 2009. It was also the first time I got to experience more snow than sunlight. I remember, on the first day, descending from the apartment my employers had rented for me into the City’s financial district and being confronted by a sea of white matter lining the sides of the road. That will probably go down as the coldest quarter of my life. In my attempts to keep warm, I purchased a woollen mask from a local clothing store. With only holes for my eyes and nose, it kept the rest of my head nice and warm. I however had to retire the apparel due to all the frightened reactions I got from the locals whenever they turned a corner and met this extra dark East African wearing a sock fit for a bank robber.
Another young achiever is Zimbabwean-born Leroy Munetsi who spearheads Mutual and Federal’s charge into the African market. Similarly, Ugandan-born David Iraka is the man responsible for offloading offshore products for Standard Bank on the continent. Read Modise Motloba’s story of over 100 billion rand in deals through his Quartile Capital brand and Nigerianborn Emmanuel Omaruaye’s bid to revolutionalise corporate travel in Sandton. We have another inspiring profile on Tanzanian-born Ms. Scholastica Kimaryo as well as our regular story categories – Tintswalo at Waterfall Hotel (“Expat-towers), African American at a Zulu Wedding (“Expattravel”), Rwandan Ambassador (“Know Your Envoy”) and You Are Not a Country, Africa (“Book Review”).
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KC Rottok, CA (SA) Creative & Fin. Journalism (Wits University)
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