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A Vision of the Present
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 …What is Hive Colab?
Hive Colab is the newest co-working space on the East Africa scene. But what is it and where did it come from? To …U.S. State Department’s Conversation with African Innovators
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 …Google Developer Days Coming to Kenya, Uganda
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 …Asia and Africa, Fastest Growing Facebook Regions
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 …TED Recap: A Fornication of Ideas Pt. 1
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 …
The TED Phone
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 …Hive Colab Announced in Uganda
Earlier in the day we announced Apps < 4> Africa, a competition for app developers across Africa. Also, today in Uganda, Appfrica Labs in …Apps for Africa Contest Announced in Nairobi
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 …
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Technology and Africa at SXSWi
South By South West is one of the United States premier music festivals in Austin, Texas. It’s also quickly becoming widely recognized for its film festival and it’s interactive festival. I’m pleased to announce that my Panel suggestion for SXSW2009 has been accepted to the the South by Southwest 2009 ‘Panel Picker’. If you’d like to help African ICT take center stage at next years SXSWi please vote by visiting http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/961 or by following the instructions below.
How to Vote
1) Sign-Up at SXSW Panel Picker
2) Respond to the email verification
3) Search for Appfrica or visit this url – http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/961
4) Vote!
If we get enough votes, the panel will be added to the list of events at next years SouthBySouthWest conference! Help us out and vote today!