I have been checking out this food delivery app this morning and I am intrigued by its potential and what it says about Africa’s digital solutions for the continent’s emerging digital economies. I exchanged emails with…
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In 2012, over 750,000 Ugandans sent home $1 billion
July 31, 2013 International Development technology Uganda758,294 Ugandan emigrants sent home $948 million in remittances in 2012. That’s fast approaching the $1.6 billion Uganda received in development aid in 2011. The really interesting nugget about Ugandan immigrants (at least according to this…
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While I speak often on the need for international NGO’s to stop eroding local capacity, I don’t speak enough about the organizations that do make a concerted effort to do just that, only to realize we…
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I received this email in my inbox from an IP address in Kampala, Uganda: are there job oppotunities for those who speak Luo,English,Kumam? I’m a senior six vacist.Thanks. To which I replied: Based on your question, are…
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AfriLabs: A new grant to support Hub Collaboration
July 23, 2013 International Development Projects technologyWith so many innovation hubs emerging in Africa, it seems timely to support an initiative which will facilitate collaboration between hubs, so as to establish a Pan-African movement. We are delighted to announce that The Indigo…
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Can Africans crowd fund the next generation African University?
July 22, 2013 Diaspora at work EducationThere are a lot of education initiatives out there led by Africans itching to revolutionize the continent’s staid educational system. First Atlantic University is by far the most ambitious that I have seen. A new university…
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Invisible Children, the Christian Right, and the $400 briefcase
July 17, 2013 #AfriFAIL International DevelopmentLast week I wandered into the SOHO canyons to buy my wife a gift. Since we’ve been in New York, we’ve spent every weekend exploring the different burrows of New York. For whatever reason, we’ve ended…
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Africa Review: PHOTO ESSAY-Reporting Africas future and the big political, economic, cultural and technology stories shaping it
July 17, 2013 technologyKenya’s Nation Media Group is stepping up the media game with Africa Review. I especially love the photo essays. Short, visual stories that suck you deep into a situation. I loved all of them. This one,…
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Chris Blattman on giving cash to the poor as the equivalent to being given shoes and laces: So is it time to stop giving people skills? Not entirely. Part of the reason these Ugandan youth did…
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The Romney Campaign Is Still Going Strong In Africa
July 9, 2013 #AfriFAIL International DevelopmentA couple of people sent me this link on Twitter. My first thought was, as usual, a slow boil of the sort that produces a 1000-word rant in the space of an hour. Since I’ve done…
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