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A Vision of the Present
By Jon on July 30, 2010
Radoslav Zilinsky’s 2007 enchanting painting “The World” depicts a distant future where enormous prosperity is accompanied by enormous disparity. Funny because his future looks a …Category: Web
What is Hive Colab?
By Jon on July 30, 2010
Hive Colab is the newest co-working space on the East Africa scene. But what is it and where did it come from? To …Category: Web
U.S. State Department’s Conversation with African Innovators
By Jon on July 26, 2010
Last week representatives from the U.S. State Department Elana Berkowitz and Bruce Wharton reached out directly to innovators in East Africa to discuss the Apps …Category: Web
Google Developer Days Coming to Kenya, Uganda
By Jon on July 26, 2010
Google is hosting two events in September to teach the use of Google technologies and products in Africa… Google is dedicated to making the Internet relevant …Category: Web
Asia and Africa, Fastest Growing Facebook Regions
By Jon on July 22, 2010
Facebook recently hit the half billion users mark (more than a quarter of all internet users) and somewhat unsurprisingly developing countries are fueling a lot …Category: Web
TED Recap: A Fornication of Ideas Pt. 1
By Jon on July 22, 2010
TED Global 2010 wrapped up last week in Oxford, UK. As a TED Senior Fellow, I’m lucky in that I’ve now attended three TED events …Category: Web

The TED Phone
By Jon on July 14, 2010
At TED Global in Oxford, UK this week TED and Nokia announced a partnership to bring TED talks to Africa and other developing parts of …Category: Web
Hive Colab Announced in Uganda
By Jon on July 1, 2010
Earlier in the day we announced Apps < 4> Africa, a competition for app developers across Africa. Also, today in Uganda, Appfrica Labs in …Category: Web
Apps for Africa Contest Announced in Nairobi
By Jon on July 1, 2010
Over the past few weeks myself, Solomon King of NodeSix.com, Joshua Goldstein an Appfrica Fellow, Jessica Colaco at the iHub in Nairobi, Philip Thigo and …Category: Web
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