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 [...]

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 [...]

There’s a great New York times article that discusses the growing tech culture in Kenya.
IN the republic of innovation, life is unfair. A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance….
Nairobi’s challenges are many. Internet use is relatively [...]

I’m a huge advocate of internet technology being used to improve conditions around the world. In my own experiences in Silicon Valley, however, I’ve found that many there aren’t interested in social change. They’re interested in starting some web company based on a loose business model, selling it and retiring young. Who can [...]