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Call for Volunteer Developers for Haiti Efforts

January 20, 2010 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
If you are a software developer with experience with PHP, Ruby on Rails, Python or MySQL, Ushahidi could really use your support with our effort ...
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Coded in Country | Stoking Local Innovation

October 27, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Can institutions [be they international organizations, companies, universities, foundations or governments] enable innovation in local technology industries? We explored this question on a rainy ...
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Buying Water with M-PESA in Kenya

October 1, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
The community of Musigini, Kenya, is pursuing a novel solution to corruption and disputes over water allocation. With Grundfos Lifelink and Safaricom, they’re building M-PESA ...
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Ghana to Obama

July 10, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
A few million of Obama’s closest friends are blowing up his mobile… Mr Obama will answer a number of texts – which will be selected by ...
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Vote for VC4Africa at Ideablob

July 10, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
VC4Africa.com, the community Appfrica recently partnered with to offer web based investment solutions to diasporans and other investors interested in supporting African entrepreneurs has entered ...
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Quick Hits from Around Africa

May 30, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Naijaborn.com launches as a web community for Nigerian diasporans. Globa.com uses Ipina as the platform for m-commerce solutions and accepting credit cards payments via mobile, web ...
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K’Naan Tweeting Up Lyrics for Next Single

April 6, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
It was only a matter of time, but Somali-Candan singer K’Naan is pioneering by using the social networking site Twitter to crowd-source lyrics for his ...
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Google South Africa To Open Theme Park

April 1, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Rumors that Google SA will be opening a massive 200 acre theme park in Cape Town, South Africa have proven to be 98.7% true. The ...
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Things Still Fall Apart

March 31, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
“Real tragedy is never resolved. It goes on hopelessly forever,” says one of the characters in Chinua Achebe’s classic book THINGS FALL APART. It’s been half ...
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Jonathan Marks Interview

March 27, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
It was my great pleasure to participate in this interview with Jonathan Marks last week in Austin, Texas. Ugandan IT Successes – Jonathan Gosier from Jonathan ...
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