This Week in Appfrica [Oct 12 - 18, 2008]

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If you thought the blog was quiet this week; it was. I spent two out of seven days in transit (flying from San Francisco, CA, USA to Entebbe, Uganda) and three out the remaining five at the Social Capital Markets (SoCap08) conference, leaving little time to write.

News

“Bandwidth is the new Oil”
The idea that bandwidth is the new commodity that every nation is clamoring after.

SoCap08 Recap
My coverage of what took place at Social Capital Markets in Fort Mason. I also published my notes.

Kenya Prepares for Slowdown in IT spending
How is the world economic squeeze affecting East Africa’s leader?

Editorials

Niche vs Kitsch vs Reach
What’s driving this new interest from tech companies in social entrepreneurship?

Neo Pan-Africanism and the Reaspora
Defining a new age in pro-African enthusiasm.

From the Archives

Moving from Prepay to Subscription
Looking at the biggest hinderance to scaling in African markets.

Links to Appfrica

Social Capital Markets linked back to my coverage of the conference.
GigaOM’s WebWorkerDaily nodded to my efforts with Appfrica Labs.
Google’s East Africa Blog linked back mentioning my participation in BarcampAfrica.