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Learning to like London

And how to cope with wanting to know everything…

Destinations: Foyles bookstore, Charing Cross. Red Fort Indian Restaurant, Dean Street in Soho.

  

I feel like a carnivorous tonight. Well—technically I am a carnivorous. I am talking about emotional hunger to buy books and learn much deeper about the places I visited in past couple of months. Finally I died and am in book heaven called Foyles.

Akdenizin her iki yakasındaki kadınlar soruyor: birbirimize nasıl destek olabiliriz? Birbirinden çok uzakta, okyanusun iki yakasında, farklı kültür ve coğrafyalarda olsalar da dünya kadınlarının sorunları ve istekleri ne kadar da aynı. Bu kadınların birbirlerine yardım etmek istediklerini görmek ise bir o kadar sevindirici.

Women on both sides of the sea talking—How do we help each other? I have been real lucky this month: was first in Barcelona, Spain for a business women summit together with Mediterranean women from southern Europe and northern Africa and Middle East; and then I was in Rabat, Morocco with women from all over the Middle East.

Driving innovation and lessons in leadership

       "Story of what happens if you throw eight people from Ireland, South Africa, Turkey, France, Poland, Israel and Russia in one small room for ten days."         

When I saw that I was invited to Barcelona to attend a leadership course—I pondered a while. It was almost the busiest quarter of my life; not only I had to be on the road for many weeks straight but we had the ultrabook to launch; had big challenges with the world economy not being in the best of its shape. I would be taken away from the team and my life almost 11 days straight.

Ethiopian journey; how change in Africa is happening now..

I went to Ethiopia for my vacation in November, a dream place for any archeology buff, but also a great eye opener for someone who contends to run Africa for a technology company.

         

Yes, I have seen Lucy, a hundred twenty centimer tall lady in the museum. I went to see Lake Tana, the beginning of the amazing Blue Nile which

gives life to east Africa. And I did see Gonder, its palaces from which Ethiopian empire was run, so sophisticated and ahead of its time when they were built.I went up to Simian Mountains national park, stayed at the highest lodge in Africa at 3650 meters and dined together with the baboons. I shopped in the art galleries of Adis Ababa and got myself two contemporary Ethiopian paintings.

Ayse reporting from Cannes G20!

Folks, I was in Cannes B20 last week; business forum for the biggest 20 economies in the world gathering which is called the G20. It was a fabulous experience to experience something so high level; be there with world CEOs and also get to listen and sit at the same table with world leaders.

Some of my observations are below; but my most inspiring moment was when Mohammed Yunus of Bangladesh said ‘Today’s youth is the most powerful generation of humankind. If they wish to change the world they can           sssssssssssssssssssssssssswith technology.’