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Category Archives: Global Health
An Evening with John Doerr- Why He is Betting on AI and Amazon!
This past Tuesday, I had the honor of attending a talk and spending some time with John Doerr, astute American Investor and venture capitalist who was an early investor in tech giants such as Google, Amazon, Twitter, Compaq, Netscape, Sun … Continue reading
Posted in Afropreneurship, branding, Education, Global Health, Innovation, Investment
Tagged Africa, ai, amazon, Doerr, Innovation, John, kpcb
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Focus on your expectations, not your limitations!
Warning: This is going to be a long post. Grab some popcorn! First things first. This blog is now officially two years old. Hurray! Seems like just yesterday, September 2011 when I left for Oxford to begin to live life … Continue reading
Posted in Afropreneurship, branding, Fitness, Global Health, Uncategorized
Tagged coach, Education, fitness, goals, houston, inspiration, marathon, motivation
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Is this what mid-life crisis looks like?
A few weeks ago, I attended the 2nd year reunion of my Executive MBA Class with whom I had spent two very intense and exciting years at Rice University between 2009 and 2011. It was great to see several people … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Global Health
Tagged and health science program., energy, fitness, focus, global health, Health, houston, inspiration, marathon, success, youth
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How ‘Afropreneurs’ will shape Africa’s future- CNN Feature
So my work got featured recently on CNN. See below; How ‘Afropreneurs’ will shape Africa’s future (CNN) — His full name is Idris Ayodeji Bello, but you might just call him “Afropreneur.” That’s the buzzword adopted by the young Nigerian … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship, branding, Education, education innovation, Global Health
Tagged Africa, Africa CGIU Clinton Nigeria Leadership Youth Idris Bello Afropreneur Oxford, africa cnn health oxford, Afropreneur, and health science program., china-africa, Clinton, cnn, Innovation, MIT Istanbul Africa Innovation Oxford Startup Ushahidi Cashmere Afropreneur, Nigeria, obama, wennovation
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Off to Cape Town:Roundtable Discussion with Honorable Trevor A. Manuel and Africa’s Social Entrepreneurs
The next few weeks are already showing up to be hectic, which is why when I drew up my study plan for my April exams, I myself doubted if I was ever going to abide by it with all the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship, Education, Flights, Global Health, Harambe, Innovation, Oxford, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, business, Cape Town, CGIU, Clinton, Harambe, Health, Innovation
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Global Health for Dummies: What everyone deserves to know
It’s been a great time so far in the Global Health Science Program here at Oxford. I am privileged to be in class with 24 other very smart and highly achieving young people from thirteen different countries. While the class … Continue reading
Why are you getting a degree in Global Health?
Why do you need a third Masters degree? You mean you left a job in an oil company to go back to school? Are you a doctor? How does your past education and experience tie in with this degree? I … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship, Education, Global Health, Innovation, Nigeria, Oxford, Social Enterprise
Tagged Africa, apple, business, commerce, Education, energy, Health, Innovation, inspiration, motivation, oxford, rice, steven jobs, technology
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Oxford Accommodation Update
So even though I do not get to Oxford until September, and my college accommodation will not be ready until October 1, I got an email from Kellogg College today, with a picture of what my ‘home’ for the next year looks like, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Global Health, Oxford
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The Afropreneur - Idris Ayodeji Bello 