Took a trip with my driver today to see the Bonobos. The further we drove, the worse the roads became. First decent paved roads, then paved roads with pot holes, then washed away roads with little pavement, to dirt roads, to washed away dirt roads, etc. We enjoyed lunch at a local weekend retreat and then on to Lola Ya Bonobo. "Not many people know that we have another close relative besides the chimpanzee. Like chimpanzees, bonobos share 98.7% of our ...

This is the view from my hotel room. The building on the left is a bit run down, but in decent condition for Kinshasa. With it's location right next to this hotel and the unique architecture, it would be a great building to renovate. To the right you can see the headquarters of Airtel Africa in the DRC. I have attended this building for meetings at times, but I typically work about five minutes away at their new data center (NTC). When I arrived at work this...

The picture here is actually from the nice clothing stores I visited yesterday. I spent most of today working from the hotel. Late in teh day I noticed an email from the US Embassy warning of gunfire at the other end of town. The notice seemed pretty harmless as the time.

I ventured out in the city again today. My first trip was by myself as I walked down the main strip in town. I stopped at a grocery store and and noticed some distinct price differences (better and worse) than some of the other stores. I also stopped in at an office suply store to purchase a day journal. One of my associates was still in town so we walked through some local markets. I had been to some markets here before, but these were deeper into the city....

Discovering IBM Airtel Africa employees experience becoming IBMers In September 2010, Bharti Airtel and IBM announced a major agreement, for technology services in 16 African countries. For the past couple of months Airtel employees from Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Uganda, Malawi and more have joined IBM and started discovering what it means to be an IBMer. First impressions The moment of joining IBM and the following weeks are those any IBMer will a...