And then the Olympics came to an end... - 13 Aug 2012
By Evan-Lee Courie [[@evan1985]]With the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games sadly coming to an end yesterday, I am nothing more than proud of Team Africa!
Our continent tallied a total of 31 Olympic medals - how amazing is that? Leading the pack with the most amount of medals are: Kenya - 11; Ethiopia - 7 and South Africa - 6, followed by Egypt, Algeria, Uganda, Botswana and Gabon also winning medals.
As I predicted, Africa walked away with more than a handful of medals. Well done to each and every team on the continent that took part in the Summer Games!
As it was reported, these Olympics would be labelled as the first 'social games', and I couldn't agree more. When I wasn't in front of the television watching avidly, I was checking the updates on Twitter. According to Memeburn, here are the 5 biggest Twitter moments of London 2012.
Olympic fever isn't over just yet, in 16 days, the Paralympic Games begin. To keep up with your respective county, check for updates on www.london2012.com. Again, good luck to each and every team taking part!
And in marketing and media related news: contributor Donna Rachelson shares some insight in Branding lessons from the Olympics; IT News Africa officially launches African Innovator magazine; a fued between MACRA and Professor Mathews Chikaonda exposes some gaps in Malawi's telecommunications industry; in Uganda, New Vision regains its top spot in cyberspace and the 15th IACC invite young journalists working in sub-Saharan Africa to take part in the conference.
Cheers to a great week!
Evan-Lee Courie @evan1985
