Comments on: Virtual Africa: NGOs in Second Life http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/11/04/virtual-africa-ngos-in-second-life/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=virtual-africa-ngos-in-second-life Ideas, Development, Data and Design Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:50:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alanagh Recreant http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/11/04/virtual-africa-ngos-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 Alanagh Recreant Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:23:07 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=987#comment-2294 We would like to give your readers an update on the status of our project in Second Life: Please read it here > <a href="http://slafrica.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://slafrica.wordpress.com</a> We would like to give your readers an update on the status of our project in Second Life: Please read it here > http://slafrica.wordpress.com

]]> By: Alanagh Recreant http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/11/04/virtual-africa-ngos-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Alanagh Recreant Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:42:47 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=987#comment-477 Thank you for highlighting the latest challenge in terms of access to virtual worlds from Africa. Second Life (R) has incredible potential, but its usability for nonprofits and enterprises from/in Africa relate entirely to the cost-model and the ability to use the platform sustainably without exploiting digital resources (bandwidth, pixels, prims, graphic, scripts, streams) - very much like real world Africa.... We remain committed to explore the potential of Second Life (R) for developing worlds. This latest set-back for non-profits need to be carefully examined - not only in the context of the sector, but also in relation to small business. If corporations and large NGOs are the true target market, then Linden Lab should rather express this, instead of turning the financial heat on for smaller nonprofits and micro(virtual)entrepreneurs. Lets define the latter soon and protect their interests in the virtual world economy... Thank you for highlighting the latest challenge in terms of access to virtual worlds from Africa. Second Life (R) has incredible potential, but its usability for nonprofits and enterprises from/in Africa relate entirely to the cost-model and the ability to use the platform sustainably without exploiting digital resources (bandwidth, pixels, prims, graphic, scripts, streams) – very much like real world Africa….

We remain committed to explore the potential of Second Life (R) for developing worlds. This latest set-back for non-profits need to be carefully examined – not only in the context of the sector, but also in relation to small business. If corporations and large NGOs are the true target market, then Linden Lab should rather express this, instead of turning the financial heat on for smaller nonprofits and micro(virtual)entrepreneurs. Lets define the latter soon and protect their interests in the virtual world economy…

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