Yesterday I got a chance to talk to the team behind the upcoming BarCampAfricaUK [ SOLD OUT ]. BarCampAfricaUK is just another town hall meeting spurred by social media conversations and the subjects of ICT, development…
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This weekend Cameroon will host the country’s first BarCamp in Douala on November 7, 2009 at Le Meridien Hotel. Be sure to check out their blog and Twitter streams for live updates on the nearly sold…
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On the African Diaspora and Cloud Intelligence [ updated ]
September 10, 2009 Diaspora at work Events & Conferences technologyDiaspora and the Cloud – Cloud Intelligence Symposium at Ars Electronica from TMS Ruge on Vimeo. No longer is Africa’s rich cultural heritage, development and identity championed and hijacked by those from outside and treated as…
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IFAD Call for proposals 2009: Financing Facility for Remittances
April 21, 2009 Economy International Development technologyOne of the cornerstones of our mission here at PD is to encourage the African Diaspora to do more with their remittances. Annually, it is estimated that Diaspora remittances to Africa are inching north of $40…
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Peering into Africa’s Mobile Technology space, and where to invest
March 19, 2009 Events & Conferences Kenya Rwanda south africa Sudan technology UgandaThis past weekend, I had the honor of being invited to be on a panel discussion at South by Southwest (SXSW), “Appfrica: How Web Applications are Helping Emerging Markets Grow” The panel was moderated by one of…
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Diaspora at Work: Juliana Rotich lends her Global Voice to Ushahidi
December 30, 2008 Diaspora at work Kenya south africa technologyJiliana added, "we came together. Ory, David, and I were in Kenya at various times [during the crisis]. In the early days it was the three of us who were in Kenya...the programming and the setup…
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Images: Facebook Developer Garage Kampala gallery is up
December 29, 2008 Education Events & Conferences technology UgandaI finally got access to some decent bandwidth to upload photos of this month’s Facebook Developer Garage that was held in Kampala, Uganda. Follow the link to see all the action hi-rez glory. Check it out!…
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Samasource’s Leila Chirayath Janar on bringing Facebook Developer Garage to Africa
December 14, 2008 Events & Conferences Ghana technology UgandaManaging to successfully thwart an international scheduling conflict, Jon Gossier of AppAfrica synchronized schedules with Leila Chirayath Janar, founder of Samasource to host the first ever Facebook Developer Garage in Kampala. Trekking all the way from…
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Conference: Facebook Developers Garage Kampala Kicks Off Dec. 13
December 12, 2008 Education Events & Conferences technology UgandaWill you look at this. I was at dinner this week here in Kampala and ran into Jon of App+Africa fame. Turns out there’s a conference tomorrow. You know, the one we told you about a couple…
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THIS JUST IN: Steve Song at Many Possibilities just chirped to let me know that Alcatel-Lucent, the company contracted to build out EASSy’s 10,000Km undersea cable, announced yesterday that it’s going to deliver 1.4…
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