BarCamp Africa

July 28, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post

Right now I’m right in the thick of organizing Barcamp Kampala (codename Campala) but I wanted to take out some time to mention a quiet storm brewing in the west. Barcamp Africa is an event currently being organized in Silicon Valley to “open a conversation on Africa”. Their Twitter feed has several hundred followers already and looks like something of a who’s who in social media.

It’s good to see this kind of support in the valley for Africa! Follow Barcamp Africa on Twitter and visit the Wiki.

Note: Just to avoid confusion, Barcamp Africa (in California) is a separate event and mostly unrelated to Barcamp Kampala (in Uganda). If you’re a jetsetter you can attend both but the few thousand miles between will make it unlikely for the rest of us, lol.

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About the author: Jonathan Gosier is a software developer, writer and social entrepreneur. He currently lives in Kampala, Uganda where he incubates and invests in East African entrepreneurs as the CEO of Appfrica Labs. He's also a TED Fellow.
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