Those who know me well understand that the focus of all my passions in Africa has always been Sudan. Although I haven’t written extensively (yet) on the history of my interest in Sudan, I’ll expand a little more on that here. I became deeply interested in Sudan in my late teens after reading about the [...]
Archive for the ‘Networking’ Category
April Event Overview: Exciting Events in April!
The following exciting events are coming up in April. If you have a relevant event in 2009 you would like to have added to my list, please let me know. Name: WhereCampAfricaWebsite: http://www.wherecampafrica.org/Location: Nairobi, KenyaDate: April 4th, 2009 Name: Next Web ConferenceWebsite: http://2009.thenextweb.com/Location: Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDate: April 15th-17th, 2009 Name: Africa GatheringWebsite: http://www.africagathering.org.uk/Location: London, EnglandDate: [...]
Introducing NaijaPulse, Nigeria’s foray into microblogging
I recently discovered NaijaPulse, an interesting new Nigerian startup created by the guys over at Naijand Inc. NaijaPulse is a microblogging service, similar to Twitter, that allows its users to send out short “pulses” of conversation and updates (limited to 140 characters) to friends and colleagues. I’ve been a user of Twitter for some time [...]
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 [...]
