When an #Abidjan taxi driver asks me, the foreigner, for a ridiculous fare, I often take a dramatic look inside car, then reply in French, “Where is the buffet? A coffee [included]?” Today, a driver 👏🏽 back, pulled this from under a floor mat & said, “You get a yam!” 😆 #Africa

Diving with a spectacular backdrop of the city of Barcelona. ✨ #Olympics

“Prove it.” I’m digging this year’s #CommunicatorAwards theme. It fits my fairly direct approach to communications: ✅be creative ✅take a calculated risk ✅make the case ✅make sure the work can withstand scrutiny Proud to return as a @commawards juror: lnkd.in/p/eRMFJGxW

NPR, reaching out, after discovering kids were chatting - to each other - in its podcast comments section: Why did you guys pick @NPR shows to be the ones where you went to, in the comments? Kid: We looked for podcasts that didn't have many comments.

“Oh, Canada,” indeed.

TV news brilliance. Solid, authoritative reporting, explained with such precision and accessible language that it is simply unrivaled. Been that way for decades. That, is @amanpour #UNGA

#AfDB’s AFAWA, NSIA Banque Côte d’Ivoire, the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative and Casa Èkwa are putting the🔥in “fireside chat.”👇🏾 A solid start to a @AfDB_Group and We-Fi-hosted learning tour that today featured 3 businesswomen accessing finance through AFAWA partnership.

Ahead of #UNGA, the sought-after statistics ranking international organizations and their leaders on social media, are out. From @DigiTips Is it about popularity, account inheritance, or the ability to communicate to global audiences? 👀 the report: lnkd.in/ecKEhenS

Today is the 21st of September.

Great story from @LinseyDavis that ends with a charity operating in East Africa getting more than a half-million U.S. dollars. How a @PatMcAfeeShow second chance, will help @BldgTomorrow help more kids access quality education, via community partnerships in East Africa👀👇🏽

A Detroit family says they showed up at the funeral home entrusted to prepare a deceased relative's homegoing service - only to find someone else in the casket wearing the deceased woman’s wig and clothes. wxyz.com/news/not-our-mother…

Middle East: Due to tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation. Americans currently in the Middle East should exercise heightened vigilance and be aware of potential flight cancellations, airspace closures, and travel disruptions. Iranian-supported Houthis have engaged in hostilities against Saudi Arabia, including civilian airports. This military conflict has the potential to escalate rapidly. Americans outside the Middle East should seriously reconsider travel to and through the region. Those who do travel to or from the region should monitor information about airport and airline operations. U.S. diplomatic facilities, including outside the Middle East, have been targeted. Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world, including U.S. businesses and other institutions. Read the latest country-specific alerts at: travel.state.gov/en/internat…

Nominations are open for the Charlayne Hunter-Gault Changemaker Award, presented by UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication! Deadline: November 30, 2026 Submit your nomination: grady.uga.edu/changemaker-aw…

The @AfDB_Group Director for Agriculture and Agro-Industry, @mfregene77, has been named a Climate & Productivity Champion by @AGRA_Africa at the just concluded #AFSForum2026 in Kigali, Rwanda. Learn more about the recognition: bit.ly/4ip8DTL

For young Africans like Bah Hassanatou in Guinea, agriculture is more than farming – it’s entrepreneurship. With digital tools, mentorship and access to finance, Hassanatou cultivated 45,000 pineapples a year, nearly tripled her turnover and created 17 jobs between 2023 and 2025.

Interesting @PRCA_HQ Africa panel conversation about the changing media landscape, how audiences get their news, and how public relations and communications pros need to adapt to changing newsrooms, be agile and embrace new technologies to pitch stories and expertise.

We are looking for aspiring entrepreneurs who are enthusiastic about the possibility of pursuing a career in media, marketing, or communications! Deadline: Nov. 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT Apply today: bit.ly/2026NABJBrooksScholar

Black car owner in Kansas says a car dealership attached an auto service sticker to his windshield thanking him for his business - and calling him the N-word. The @rustyeckford dealership says it fired an employee and is investigating. kwch.com/2026/09/16/it-felt-…

Ohhh, the number of journalist names you might recognize, chiming in on PR faux pas….👀👇🏾

The comments, though 🔥🔥🔥 Seems everybody has an opinion about Arise TV @OjyOkpe’s question (or how she asked it), and what Aliko Dangote’s brilliant answer signals about gender expectation, tradition, succession - and to some, minding one’s own (figurative?) business.

Bought a tub of cancoillotte b/c on sale at Abidjan’s best imitation of a Whole Foods this week - and now this article pops up on my Safari. 👀 —— ‘It’s become something of a craze’: influencers spread news of healthy French cheese | France | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2026/m…