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Radoslav Zilinsky’s 2007 enchanting painting “The World” depicts a distant future where enormous prosperity is accompanied by enormous disparity. Funny because his future looks a …What is Hive Colab?
Hive Colab is the newest co-working space on the East Africa scene. But what is it and where did it come from? To …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 …
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MCC Launches Monitoring and Evaluation Portal
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) just launched a new part of their website that allows readers to browse their performance by country and sector. While data is not yet complete, it’s clearly an effort to introduce more transparency into the aid sector.
Particularly interesting are the contrasts between studies completed and recommendations adopted, such as those dealing with property and land rights policies. Benin: 15 studies, 0 reforms adopted. Nicaragua: 4 studies, 0 adopted. Mongolia: 2 studies, 0 reforms adopted. Total studies completed: 34. Total regulatory reforms adopted: 7. Hmmmmm.
The info graphics are well done—they’re a good way to communicate the work the MCC is actually accomplishing. Bill Easterly postulates that this new wave of accountability is a public relations gambit for the Bush administration initiative . Maybe so, but I’d like to see more like it.