Kenya ICT Board to offer grants for (local) digital content and software applications Does the size of that Gucci logo tell you something about the wearer? Twitter Hiring White House Liaison To Help Politicos ‘Tweet More Effectively’ 12-year-old Ghana boy crowned the national winner of the Doodle 4 Google ‘Love Football’ competition Cartoons in Burkina [...]
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“Enemies of the Internet” alive and kicking
If there’s one thing that gets my blood curdling, it is Internet censorship. Reporters Without Borders just released their annual report on Internet freedom & censorship entitled, “Enemies of the Internet”. Among the violators: Saudi Arabia, Burma, China, North Korea, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Uzbekistan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, and Vietnam. Also important to note: Among the [...]
Are you a programmer? The Kasumi Project needs your help
The Kamusi Project has been an online living and breathing Swahili dictionary for some time now. I have used it numerous times myself. The project is a collaboration of two organizations, the Kamusi Project International (KPI) and Kamusi Project USA (KPUSA), “dedicated to the creation of dictionary and learning resources for African languages.” Lately, the [...]
Ecological innovation coming from Factor e Farm = Concepts applicable to Africa
I recently discovered the website of Factor e Farm, which started out as a 30-acre soybean field in rural Missouri and is now a bubbling source of ecological innovation. What makes Factor e Farm so unique is that they are completely self-sustaining in every regard, from energy production to drinking water. This project is truly [...]
Yes, Africa is a continent of immense knowledge and ingenuity
As a huge fan of Eric Hersman, aka @whiteafrican, I found this video to be very inspiring. It reinforced my belief that Africa is full of knowledge and ingenuity far beyond what it gets credit for. The event of Maker Faire Africa helps to showcase this knowledge and ingenuity and is guaranteed to grow next [...]
Link Roundup: Farm Radio to Eric Reeves
Farm Radio International Launches 3rd Radio Scriptwriting Competition Google Steps Up Its Darfur Genocide Coverage In Google Earth (via TechCrunch) When Society Expects Us to Fail, We Usually Do (from Nathaniel Whittemore via Change.org Social Entrepreneurship blog) Ten reasons why Chinese are despised in Africa (via African Politics Portal) Navigating Africa With OpenStreetMap (via 27 [...]
African Summer Event Wrap-up
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
Lastest finds in the blogoshpere
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 [...]
5 Inspiring Blogs I Follow on a Daily Basis
People love lists, don’t they? Grocery lists. To-do lists. Blog lists. I decided to write up a list of some blogs I’m so thankful they exist I can’t help but show my appreciation for them by passing them to you my readers. So here they are along with my own personal commentary: Change.org’s Social Entrepreneurship–Led [...]
7 Noteworthy Links
I decided to increase 5 Noteworthy Links to 7 Noteworthy Links. I have such a large plethora of links to share that I feel the need to get them out in the open to people who might benefit from them. As always, if you have something to add to next weeks list, please send them [...]
