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A Vision of the Present
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 …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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Synthasite Raises $20 Million in Series B Funding
South African gone Silicon Valley start-up Synthasite has raised an additional $20 million for operations from Reinet Fund S.C.A. This follows the $5 million they ...
AfriFAIL.com: Skewering a Continent
A thick skin will get you far in life, especially if you plan on clicking through to visit AfriFAIL.com, a website about all the failures ...
Kobe Bryant Launches Chinese Blog
International sport superstar Kobe Bryant is marketing himself to his fans in China through his new blog on Sina.com. The following is translated from Chinese…
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Ten Web Applications For Bloggers in Developing Countries
Blogging in a developing country is often a lesson in patience, endurance and ingenuity. You have to deal with power outages, internet failures, unstable ...
Afro-IP Post Leads to Lawsuit