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Reaching out to Youth in Kampala, Uganda in non-Traditional ways

Case in Point: The Uganda Skateboard Union
Reaching out to the youth of Uganda, especially in the young and thriving capital city of Kampala, requires innovative outside-the-box thinking. Rarely do I find an effort so outside-the-box as the Uganda Skateboard Union. When I found the website, read their story and viewed their pictures, my heart went [...]

Kiva launches Web Developer API

Being both a huge fan of Kiva and a web developer, I was thrilled to read that the popular microlending organization recently released a web developer API. This is great news across the board ranging from Kiva supporters who blog (yours truly) to Facebook users to Kiva groups who receive funds for their small businesses. [...]

Debut of “5 Noteworthy Links”

I subscribe to a massive amount of RSS feeds in my Google Reader to keep me up-to-date with the Internet’s pulse. As many people can’t live without their morning coffee, I honestly don’t know what I would do without my daily dose of Google Reader. While it would take me eons to visit all of [...]

Barcamp Abidjan-Abidjan, Ivory Coast

[ July 24, 2009; ] Who: Anyone who is interested in technology, Internet, mobile, micro-finance, and which can enable Côte d’Ivoire to reduce its technology gap.
For more info: http://www.barcampabidjan.com/

WhereCampAfrica-Nairobi, Kenya

[ April 4, 2009; ] Topics might include:

Mobile location
Remote Sensing
Geoinformatics
Mapping and Agriculture
Food Security and Location
Community Mapping
Local Search
social cartography
Crisis Mapping
Iphones Androids and the way the web is falling into mobile

For more info: http://www.wherecampafrica.org/

eLearning Africa 2009-Dakar, Senegal

[ May 27, 2009 to May 29, 2009. ] eLearning Africa is delighted to announce that this year’s conference, the fourth in the highly successful series of pan-African gatherings, will take place in Senegal. In May 2009, the Continent’s largest annual assembly of eLearning and education professionals from Africa and beyond will convene in the capital, Dakar.
Moving to Senegal in 2009, eLearning Africa continues [...]

Mediatech Africa ‘09, South Africa

[ July 23, 2009; ] Mediatech Africa 2009, South Africa’s only all-inclusive Broadcast, AV, Media, Film and Entertainment exhibition is building momentum for a truly innovative and well timed event in 2009, as the country prepares for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Mediatech Africa showcases cutting edge technologies and services from industry leaders in Television and Broadcast, Sound and Audio, Lighting [...]

Next Web Conference-Amsterdam

[ April 15, 2009 to April 17, 2009. ] The Next Web 2009 is the fourth edition of the conference that began in 2006 where 900+ Internet professionals will gather for 3 days to enjoy Amsterdam, the conference and to do business. The conference is focused on the vision for the future of the web where speakers share their views and expertise. Moreover, the [...]

Testimony to how the Web is affecting even agriculture in Africa

An encouraging video found over at Global Advances:

Meet2Connect-Kampala, Uganda

[ February 21, 2009; ] On the 21st of February, NABUUR.com and International Contact Uganda (ICU) will organize a Meet2Connect event in Kampala, Uganda.
Take this chance to meet local community representatives, to expand your network, and get to know each other and each other’s projects.
Different partner organizations will be invited to present themselves and become part of the network too.
For [...]

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