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Best of Appfrica 2009

December 6, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
The close of the year is often a time for reflection, for individuals and companies alike. For Appfrica it’s no exception as we profile the ...
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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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Visualization of Social Networks Around the World

June 8, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Microsoft Italy marketer Vincenzo Cosenza posted an interesting visualization today at RWW. Click the above photo to check it out…
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Affect Theory

June 8, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
An excerpt from an essay on social capital and investments I posted over at the TED Fellows Blog… In Makerere’s Computer Science program they graduate about ...
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Your Friendly Neighborhood TED Fellow

May 26, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
I’m happy to formally announce my participation in the TED Fellows program this coming July in Oxford, UK. I’ve been a huge fan of TED ...
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Couchsurfing.com: Crowdsourcing Hospitality

April 5, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
The first rule of Couchsurfing is to talk about Couchsurfing! Couchsurfing.com, or ‘CS’ as you’ll hear members referring to it, is an online social network ...
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Facebook’s Africa Numbers

March 4, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Facebook just hit a major milestone, 150 million users world wide. How much is Africa contributing to that number? Let’s take a look: South Africa has ...
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This Week in Appfrica [Feb 15 - 21, 2009]

February 22, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
“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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Top Social Networks as Countries

February 19, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
MySpace has the most registered users, reporting to have just 50 million less registered users than entire population of the United States at around 250m. ...
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The Not-So Inclusive Web and Network Failure [Part 1]

February 1, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Dawn Douglass recently asked the question, “How can the Web truly be “open” when only young white male geeks get to decide what the Web ...
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