From the monthly archives: July 2009
About a month ago, it was announced that the United States Agency for International Development was teaming up with Western Union and a host of other partners to provide funding in the range of $50-100k and technical assistance to members of the African diaspora based in the U.S., desiring to build businesses in their home [...]
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
This is a great summer for exciting tech events happening throughout Africa. Be sure to check out some of the latest events coming up and spread the word: International Development and Design Summit (IDDS)-Ghana Mediatech Africa ‘09, South Africa Barcamp Abidjan-Abidjan, Ivory Coast Maker Faire Africa (MFA)-Ghana AFRICON-Nairobi, Kenya
On June 15th, I was musing over the (growing) problem of information overload. I’ve since siphoned my Google Reader collection of RSS feeds down to 335. Not too bad, but I still have a ways to go to bring it to a manageable amount. Here are some good finds I have in my Google Reader [...]
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
I’m back from Peru and into the groove of life once again here in Washington DC. The trip was great, as expected, but more than that, it was an adventure outside my comfort zone. It was a shot in the arm and it gave me a hunger for more travel to South America & Central [...]
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