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What is Hive Colab?
By Jon on July 30, 2010
Hive Colab is the newest co-working space on the East Africa scene. But what is it and where did it come from? To …Category: Luganda
U.S. State Department’s Conversation with African Innovators
By Jon on July 26, 2010
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 …Category: Luganda
Google Developer Days Coming to Kenya, Uganda
By Jon on July 26, 2010
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 …Category: Luganda
Asia and Africa, Fastest Growing Facebook Regions
By Jon on July 22, 2010
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 …Category: Luganda
TED Recap: A Fornication of Ideas Pt. 1
By Jon on July 22, 2010
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 …Category: Luganda

The TED Phone
By Jon on July 14, 2010
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 …Category: Luganda
Hive Colab Announced in Uganda
By Jon on July 1, 2010
Earlier in the day we announced Apps < 4> Africa, a competition for app developers across Africa. Also, today in Uganda, Appfrica Labs in …Category: Luganda
Apps for Africa Contest Announced in Nairobi
By Jon on July 1, 2010
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 …Category: Luganda
A Fragmented Africa
By Jon on June 26, 2010
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: Geologists …Category: Luganda
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Obutabanguko mu Kampala, Abatuuze Beyunira Twitter
Tujjukira ebyaaliwo ku lwokuna lwa wiiki ewedde obusambattuko bwe bwabalukawo mu kibuga kyaffe ekikulu Kampala. Bwoba nga obeera wabweeru wa Uganda, oyinza okuba nga tewamanya byaaliwo. BBC yagezaako okubyogerako mu bujjuvu, naye ate CNN, France24 ne SkyNews tabaabigoberera mu ngeri y’emu. Ffe wano e Kampala twaali twelariikirira nti ekibugga kyaffe ekyaagalwa kyaali kigenda kutaaguuka kijjemu entalo z’amawanga. Mu bujjuvu, emikutu gya Observer, Newvision ne Monitor gyalina amawulire gano.
Ekyaddirira, Associated Press ne BBC batandika okufulumya amawulire wamu n’ebifananyi. Kino nsuubira nti kye kyaali ekintu ekituufu okukola eri bannamawulire bano ab’ensi yonna, nga embeera ezze mu nteeko oluvannyuma lw’abobuyinza okusitukiramu. Nga ojjeeko abakuuma ddembe betubadde tulaba ennaku zino, obuvuyo bulinga obwakoma era nga bwaali mu bitundu bimu na bimu. Mu butuufu, ssinga teyali mukwano gwange omu kunkubira ssimu, osanga nnandiruddewo nnyo okutegeera ebyaaliwo. Eno gye nnali tewaali buzibu. Bwe twaalabanga omukka emitala oguva ku maduuka ogookeddwa, twaali tulowooza nti bookya kasasiro nga bulijjo.
Ekimu ku bintu bye nneewunya ennyo be bantu ab’olubatu abakozesa Twitter abaali besigamiddwaako okubunya amawulire agakwaata ku butabanguko. Nga bwetwagafunanga wamu n’abantu abalala nga @camaraafrica, @mugumya, @solomonking bwe twagateekanga ku Twitter wamu ne Facebook nga ze ngeri zokka zetwalina okugatambuza ensi yonna. Ku ssawa nga bbiri ez’ekiro, emikutu gy’amasimu gyatandika okulemererwa olwabantu abangi abaali bagakozesa. Waaliwo neng’ambo ezimu nti emikutu gy’amawulire egimu gyaali givudde ku mpewo. Naye nze we nnali nnafunanga amawulire gonna, nga emikutu gifulumya ebyaaliwo nga bwe baasobolanga. Monitor yalangirira nti laadiyo emu yali eggaddwawo lwa ‘kukuma mu bantu muliro’. (N’emikutu emirala 3 gyaggalwawo). Nnina okwebaza ennyo MTN, netiwaaka yaabwe yasigalako era nnasobolanga okuweereza wamu n’okufuna obubaka nga ssifunye buzibu.
Embeera nga zino bwe zibaawo, kirabika nga awatali asobola kukufunira mawulire mu bwangu obwetaagisa. Ku mulundi guno, nesigama mikwano gyange ku yintanenti wamu n’abantu abalala. Mbeera wano naye obutaba na ttivvi oba laadiyo kyategeeza nti Twitter, Facebook n’essimu yange byafuuka ensulo z’amawulire ze nnalina zokka.
Katusuubire nti obutabanguko bwagendedde ddala.
Osobola okweyongera okugoberera nga oyita ku #kampala oba emikutu gy’okunonya mu buliwo nga Scoopler ne OneRiot. N’era osobola okutugoberera ku @appfrica ku Twitter.
Ekifananyi kya BBC