A while back I asked if The Rift Valley region was becoming the Sillicon Valley of Africa. It seems that there’s definitely a concerted effort to make it so. The Ugandan ICT Cluster was formed to make such a thing the reality in Uganda…
Paul Tentena of New Vision writes:
ICT Cluster, an association of [...]

South By South West is one of the United States premier music festivals in Austin, Texas. It’s also quickly becoming widely recognized for its film festival and it’s interactive festival. I’m pleased to announce that my Panel suggestion for SXSW2009 has been accepted to the the South by Southwest 2009 ‘Panel Picker’. [...]

Since I began my research and subsequent move to Uganda, I’ve found a vast disparity in the amount of higher education available in the area of information technology as it relates to developing countries, NGOs, non-profits or developmental institutions. It think the implicit need for focus in this area is high as the discipline [...]

Paul Luff recently released this diatribe about the state of Mobile and the future of the industry:
Mobile & wireless technology has the strength to break whatever barriers to entry that may still exist within the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector at large. But there is never growth without some pain, never progress without sacrifice [...]