My time in Africa

I have been so lucky that I worked for the company Clickatell where I was responsible for creating the strategy that was to take Clickatell from being a transport (ed. SMS) company into "something else" (look out, news will probably come soon) :o). I remember the first time I was sent to South Africa to meet with clients and partners as part of my "work on the ground" it was a sunny Friday morning in January when I first saw the great table mountain out the right side of the plane. I even remember the song that was playing through my speakers on that Virgin Atlantic flight - "I'm yours" with Jason Mraz. Later that day, Llew Claasen, a great friend and then colleague showed me the Camps Bay nightlife, a place I would trade most things for.

I have travelled a lot in my life, I have lived and worked in more than 8 countries and have travelled in many more ranging from the far north to the southern most part of the world, from the west to the east but of all my experiences this one is the one that seems to stay with me the most.

Since my trip to South Africa I have been there many times and have even made a trip into darkest Africa to see the state of the nation at the equator.

Personally Africa taught me a lot about hope, resilience, desire, perseverance and heart. There is a lot that we in the western world can learn from these countries which all too often are tabled as being "not relevant".

Now that I have parted ways with Clickatell I will most likely not be going to Africa anytime soon, I will always think kindly about that place. I am welcoming African stories any day.....