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This is an excellent blog post that I couldn’t help but write about. In “From Netsourcing to Crowdsourcing to Turksourcing Crisis Information” @patrickmeier uses the example of Ushahidi and asks the proverbial question, “How do we move from netsourcing to crowdsourcing and on to turksourcing?” In his post, Patrick Meier talks about how Ushahidi was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In case you haven’t heard, tech is growing across the continent of Africa. And, no, not just the typical innovation hubs of South Africa and Nigeria. Tech is spreading all over the place to varying degrees, the latest being the new iHub in Nairobi that opens this week. Computerworld starts the conversation: “Availability of affordable [...]
By far, one of the more insightful posts I’ve ever read by Ethan Zuckerman: “Internet Freedom: Beyond Circumvention” I recommend by starting with Secretary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom before moving on to reading Zuckerman’s blog post. Regardless of your political persuasion, this speech is a powerful one that touches on an issue of increasingly [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How Social Media Is Like Sharecropping (via Conversation Agent blog) Why You Need Empathy to Be an Innovator (via Guy Kawasaki’s “How to Change the World” blog) Conferences that Matter Fall Edition 2009.2.1 (via Philanthropy 2173 blog) Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child (via TEDTalks)–From Sudan, this musician is going places. Check out [...]
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
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