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U.S. State Department’s Conversation with African Innovators
Last week representatives from the U.S. State Department Elana Berkowitz and Bruce Wharton reached out directly to innovators in East Africa to discuss the Apps …Google Developer Days Coming to Kenya, Uganda
Google is hosting two events in September to teach the use of Google technologies and products in Africa… Google is dedicated to making the Internet relevant …Asia and Africa, Fastest Growing Facebook Regions
Facebook recently hit the half billion users mark (more than a quarter of all internet users) and somewhat unsurprisingly developing countries are fueling a lot …TED Recap: A Fornication of Ideas Pt. 1
TED Global 2010 wrapped up last week in Oxford, UK. As a TED Senior Fellow, I’m lucky in that I’ve now attended three TED events …
The TED Phone
At TED Global in Oxford, UK this week TED and Nokia announced a partnership to bring TED talks to Africa and other developing parts of …Hive Colab Announced in Uganda
Earlier in the day we announced Apps < 4> Africa, a competition for app developers across Africa. Also, today in Uganda, Appfrica Labs in …Apps for Africa Contest Announced in Nairobi
Over the past few weeks myself, Solomon King of NodeSix.com, Joshua Goldstein an Appfrica Fellow, Jessica Colaco at the iHub in Nairobi, Philip Thigo and …A Fragmented Africa
When people think of Africa being fragmented, they usually think of things like politics, tribalism, and nepotism. They don’t tend to think about geology:
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Identi.ca Gets Funding to Take on Twitter
Erik Hersman and I recently had a great phone discussion about the virtues of micro-blogging applications and why Laconi.ca would work well in developing countries. ...
This Week In Appfrica [Dec 7 - 14, 2008]
“This Week in Appfrica” is a weekly digest highlighting articles and stories from the previous week. If you’re interested in becoming an advertiser on this ...
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While Twitter was Sleeping
There’s many things users would like to see improve with Twitter. Improved support for International mobile devices, reliability, a better UI, the list goes on. ...
This Week In Appfrica [Jan 25 - 31, 2009]
Appfrica Archives | Contact | Twitter | Weekly Digest | Subscribe via E-mail Editorials The Wonderful African Oz The Wizard of Oz as an Allegory for International Development trends in Africa. ... Appfrica Labs is Hiring As part of a string of announcements and recent developments, Appfrica is on the hunt for talented developers and social entrepreneurs in Uganda.