So a few months ago when I began organizing the Kampala Facebook Garage I was initially a little daunted. I was worried bout getting the word out and finding people interested enough and skilled enough to make it a success. Then Barcamp Kampala happened and I was reassured that there were tons of [...]

Alan Patricof of the Huffington Post writes about his time spent in Kampala, Uganda; Nairobi, Kenya; and Abuja, Nigeria following the election of Barrack Obama to Presidency of the United States. In it talks about the growing middle class of Africa and what Obama represents for them…
While Africa clearly has a very high level [...]

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, [...]

To all the various contacts I’ve made over the past few weeks I just want to mention that I flew into Kampala late last night and I’m now here for good. Sarah and I will spend the next few days looking a house or apartment here. If anyone has any leads please get [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]