Here’s your Daily Brief for August 28th:

Nigeria’s Own Banking Crisis – Unrelated to the global financial “meltdown”, Nigeria is facing a similar crisis within its financial and banking infrastructure as a consequence of alleged corruption. After having to bailout several banks, Nigeria’s Central Bank has teamed up with fraud police in an effort to locate and recoup billions of dollars owed to five major banks in the form of bad loans. Not only are they going after defaulters, but also the bank executives that issued the loans. However, Nigerians remain skeptical that the wealthy debtors and executives will be held accountable.

How to Make an Advocacy Video about Africa (via Aid Watch) – I completely forgot about this, but it correlates well with yesterday’s post on “How Not to Write About Africa”. It’s a list of stereotypes that MUST be included in any advocacy video about Africa (yes, sarcasm!).

Today, a follow-up was posted on the Aid Watch blog linking the following “Doctors Without Borders” videos that have masterfully used these techniques:

Note: This video is not for the weak stomached!

If you haven’t yet, take a look at yesterdays post and share your thoughts! Do these videos go too far in painting a helpless image of African countries? Or are they justified because they provoke a reaction?

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