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  1. 2012 G8 summit – private sector to the rescue of the world's poorest? | Joanna Rea gu.com/p/37p76/tw via @guardian 10:52 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  2. Africa’s Publishing Industry: The Success Story - Ventures Africa ventures-africa.com/2012/05/africa… via @VenturesAfrica 10:38 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  3. Israel, land of Jewish refugees, riled by influx of Africans - CSMonitor.com csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E… 10:32 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  4. Africa's Amazing Rise and What it Can Teach the World - The Atlantic bit.ly/KHuxqW 10:30 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  5. Friends - thx for all the RTS and discussions this week! 10:28 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  6. A plug for a book by @hofrench - "A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of #Africa " - lens.af/LizQ4U 10:26 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  7. The Next Asia Is Africa: Inside the Continent's Rapid Economic Growth - The Atlantic bit.ly/KHtnf8 by @hofrench 10:24 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  8. Good Reads: Why nations fail, and how we overlook some successes - CSMonitor.com csmonitor.com/World/Keep-Cal… 10:24 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  9. Compiling an rss feed list for the best news sources from africa - ideas? DM me with your suggestions! Thx! 6:54 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  10. Abigail Hauslohner drove across Libya with photog Yuri Kozyrev, finding a new country along the way. ti.me/KSbmMA via @TIMEPictures 6:48 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  11. Maggie Steber's 25-Year Quest to Photograph Haiti's Beauty: nyti.ms/LuH41K 6:47 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  12. AP Challenging Getty’s Supremacy by Spinning Off a New Photo Agency petapixel.com/2012/05/24/ap-… via @petapixel 6:43 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  13. good morning to all my friends here. 6:36 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  14. So what is facebook’s strategy/plan for instagram ? After launching what seems to be a georgeously designed app which does the same thing ?? 3:20 PM May 24th via Tweetbot for iOS
  15. Anyone using fitbit to track fitness? Lots of these new age app / monitors are now available . Very cool. 3:16 PM May 24th via Tweetbot for iOS
  16. Back in #africa walking 5 miles or more daily was part of life for me. Now ….4 K and I am tapped out! 3:15 PM May 24th via Tweetbot for iOS
  17. It’s recommended people walk about 10K steps daily ( approx 5 miles) to stay fit! Who does that?? 3:13 PM May 24th via Tweetbot for iOS
  18. Used to walk everywhere when I was a kid. Now drive everywhere. Didn’t know walking could be Soo taxing. 3:12 PM May 24th via Tweetbot for iOS
  • Name Victor Acquah
  • Location Virginia, USA
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  • Bio We seek to tell the story of Africa through visual elements which captures the essence of our everyday lives. Get Involved! Also at @whathumanis
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