Just this morning it was announced that Google headquarters in Silicon Valley in the United States will sponsor and host Barcamp Africa on October 11, 2008. This is big news, because Mountain View isn’t only a Google campus, it’s the Google worldwide center of operations!
This is an incredible sign of support for Africa and [...]

Day 2 went just as planned. Code was shared, tips were given and presentations filled the day as the first ever Barcamp in Uganda came to a close. This was the day specifically targeting developers and programmers and it worked. There were presentations on JQuery, Subversion, DNS Vulnerabilities, Social Protocols for Web Apps, [...]

The first ever Barcamp in Uganda takes place in an hour and a half. I’ll be live blogging it from…
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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 [...]

Campala is a barcamp event taking place in Kampala, Uganda on August 31, 2008. We’re currently looking for people who’d like to participate. If you’re interested or if you’d like to recommend someone contact us at j.gosier@appfrica.org. For those of you unfamiliar with Barcamp, they are ad-hoc gatherings born from the desire [...]

BarCamp recently hit Kenya in a big a way!
Barcamp Nairobi ‘08 is an unconference made up of of technical professionals, Internet enthusiasts, bloggers, designers and other clever people in the Nairobi area who wish to share and learn in an open environment.
Attendees don’t just watch a set list of speakers. They give their own talks. [...]