If you have been to those mini-marts at a gas station or made a trip to ethnic store, you are more likely to see these brightly colored phone cards hanging behind the counter. The cards are usually sold in denominations of $2, $5, $10, and $20. Oftentimes, they are the only reliable way for immigrants [...]
Published by August 14th, 2008 in African, Current Issues and Thoughts.Archive for the 'Current Issues' Category
If you drink coke you probably have seen the new promotion for the Beijing Olympics. Coca Cola as always is an official summer Olympic sponsor continuing its profitable tradition and promoting its product around the world; with consumers in more than 200 countries. My little brother has been saving the Amharic Coke cans – part [...]
Published by August 12th, 2008 in African, Current Issues and Social.This morning, Ethiopians for Obama received a letter from Senator Obama recognizing the importance of the Ethiopian-American community. Check out the full letter. This is really important because the Obama campaign will be giving more and more attention as we become a more powerful voting bloc.
Published by August 6th, 2008 in African and Current Issues.Almost everyone who is anyone has an email address. Of course most things require some sort of online access. If you work, you have a paycheck, and if you have a paycheck you have a bank, and if you have a bank you need to access it; possibly online To access it online you need [...]
Published by July 29th, 2008 in African, Current Issues and Social.The number of people that came to watch Obama speak before the biggest crowd he ever had; 200,000 in berlin. The next biggest crowd was when he spoke in Oregon and 75,000 showed up.
Published by July 25th, 2008 in Current Issues, Noteworthy and Thoughts.
