Kelele was announced to a room of well over two hundred people at BarCamp Africa a few days ago. It’s big news as it’s the first time anyone has attempted to organize a pan-African conference aimed at web 2.0, mobile, and new media. The date is scheduled for August 13, 2009 which puts [...]

A few months back I asked the readers of this blog, friends and colleagues to vote for Appfrica’s participation in the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, U.S.A. Well, you guys delivered big and “Appfrica” is now an official panel at SXSWi2009! South by Southwest Interactive has become one of the [...]

Sorry for the lull in updates, the past few day’s I’ve been overwhelmed with attending conferences, panels and meetings around Kampala.
The first was TEDC (Technology and Education in Developing Countries) which was organized by Clint Rogers. Attendance was good, I think it was only slightly curbed by the price and some miscommunication about [...]

This is just a quick reminder to let everyone know that the Appfrica panel at TEDC begins tomorrow at TEDC in Kampala, Uganda. There were some last minute schedule changes and we were moved up to the first day to help kick things off.
If you’d like to attend, the cost of entry is $30 [...]

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