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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: Luganda
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: Luganda
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: Luganda
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: Luganda
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: Luganda
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: Luganda

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: Luganda
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: Luganda
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: Luganda
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Ddala Afirika Yetaaga Yintanenti?
Lepetitnegre abuuza, nga bwanokolayo nti, wadde nga ebitundu ebisinga mu nsi bitwaala ekyokuba ne yintanenti nga eddembe ly’obwebange, mu Afirika kino kikyaali kirooto. Emikutu tegiriiwo, amawanga agasinga gakyaali mabega nnyo, n’olwekyo enkulaakulana mu tekinologiya nzibu ya kulaba mu kiseera ekijja.
Ebyempuliziganya birina okulabibwa nga ekkubo, sso ssi nga enkomerero ya byonna. Kye ng’amba, tekirina mugaso okuteekawo enkola z’okubunya ebya tekinologiya nga tewali kigendererwa kya maanyi. Kiba kirungi nnyo okutunuulira ekifaananyi ky’omumaaso: Tekinologiya ono agenda kutuleetera ki? Atya? Kumuwendo ki? Ekyokulabirako, gavumenti ezimu zikyabunya amasimu g’olukomo mu bitundu amasimu g’omungalo byegawamba edda. Essimu z’olukomo zaali nnungi emyaaka egyayita, naye kati, okugaana okukyuusa enkola eno kitulemaza.
Kyandibadde kisingako okukozesa sente ku nguudo, eby’obulamu, wamu n’obuyigirize mu kifo ky’okwanguyira ku tekinologiya omupya?
Mu butuufu bwe kiri. Naye ate ekyo tekitegeeza nti Afirika teyetaaga yintanenti. Kitegeeza butegeezi nti okufuna yintanenti, nga okulwanyisa obulyaake, okwongera amaanyi by’obulimi n’obulunzi, okwongera ebyenfuna, okutandikawo bizinesi, n’obukadde bwebintu ebirala ebyetaaga okukulaakulanya kyandibadde kitwaalibwa nga ekikulu. Ate zi gavumenti mu Afirika zirina okufuba ennyo okwenkanya ebya tekinologiya mu mbalirira zaabwe, emiwendo egisoboka, n’enkola ezirowoozeddwaako obulungi.
Ebyo bya Lufalansa ebitegeeza:
yintanenti kikozeso, nga ssinga kiba kikozeseddwa obulungi, kijjakukola emigaso, naye nga ate mu kkyo kyennyini, tekirina kye kikola!