Google has gone out of it’s way to show that it’s fully committed to becoming a player in the sub-Saharan African market. In the past month alone they’ve announced the Google Africa blog, Google Africa mailing-list, and more recently they put their money where their PR is and purchased a minor stake in Kenya’s [...]

A friend of mine (Michael Niyitegeka) at Makerere University mentioned this to me at dinner the other night but since Google made an official statement on their blog I figured it is now safe to disclose. Over the past few months, Google has become increasingly involved with East African students and universities. One [...]

There’s a really interesting conversation brewing over at Google’s Africa community that’s all about the state of ecommerce (or lack thereof) in Africa. Here’s a few of the highlights from the thread:
The original poster, Obum, asked:
One main challenge for online business I’ve found in sub-Saharan
Africa, for at least those who have access to the [...]

After the successes of Barcamp Nairobi I’ve decided to help organize a Barcamp in Uganda called Campala scheduled for August 29, 2008. What makes a Barcamp different from a normal conference?

Collaborative Organization (instead of a Board)
Barcamps are free
They offer an open forum for presenting. There are no ‘featured speakers’, the attendees determine the [...]

Google is increasingly embedding itself into the African tech community. It’s not surprising, then, that they’re now actively engaging African students. Their Google Gadget competition has been open to East African students since February and Monday, July 14th marks the last day for participants to enter.
One overall winner will be selected [...]

The ThinkTank Initiative invites applications from independent African organisations that are committed to using research to inform and influence social and economic policy. The Initiative will provide multi-year funding to promising think tanks, and will work with successful applicants to improve their organizational performance.

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Back in March ItNewsAfrica reported on a Nokia program that would begin recycling mobile devices in East Africa…
Nokia has launched a recycling initiative in East Africa that offers consumers a structured way to dispose of old mobile phones and accessories. The move comes amid fears that cast-off mobile phones are posing an increasing [...]