Will 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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Egypt Today magazine has published some interesting, yet alarming figures on Egypt’s brain drain due to migration. What’s surprising is the a majority of Egypt’s current migrants are well-to-do, educated professionals seeking a better life elsewhere. It’s staggering…
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Meraj Chhaya editor-in-chief of Phone Report has set up a share library of all things MobileActive08 in Johannesburg, on Ovi. For the Diaspora, if you were unable to attend and are interested in catching up…
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Art Beat: Fred Mutebi to participate in WorldFest 2008
October 24, 2008 Art & Entertainment Diaspora at work UgandaAs you might know, PD loves us some Fred Mutebi, Uganda’s print-maker extraordinaire. Fred’s camp just sent us a press release to let us know that Fred and the Let Art Talk crew will participate in…
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There’s an article on Global Voices discussing the role of the Diaspora in Madagascar’s development. It’s good to see discussions like these going on in developing countries. In order to properly engage the Diaspora, there has…
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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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Mobile Active 08 concludes an event-filled 3 days
October 17, 2008 Events & Conferences south africa technologyMobileActive08 pulled off the impossible by convincing over 350 mobile technology enthusiasts, funders, and developers to descend of Wanderers Club in Johannesburg, South Africa for a three-day feast on all thing mobile and development. MobileActive08 kicked…
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BarCamp Jozi 2008 Round up
October 16, 2008 Diaspora at work Events & Conferences south africa technologyBarCamp Jozi wrapped up last weekend. I finally got myself some free time and decent wifi, even though I am nestled in the basement of a Mugg & Bean Cafe in Johannesburg’s Rosebank district. Which…
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BarCamp Jozi: Teleconferencing from the edge
October 12, 2008 Events & Conferences south africa technologyThe first day of BarCamp Jozi was supposed to culminate with a live link up with BarCamp Africa. The simple exercise of attempting to find adequate bandwidth for even a one way stream highlighted the anemic availability of…
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Alright we are plugged in here all nerdy-style at BarCamp Jozi. I count 23 individuals with a smattering of laptops, video projection equipment, bean bags and enough genius-level brain power to light a couple cities. 11:30…
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