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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:
Tag Archives: Finance
Twitter Finally to Start Making Money?
Although Twitter has taken steps to entice business users in the past, including verified accounts and and a guide for professional users, until recently, ...
Is There a Mortgage Boom in Sub-Saharan Africa?
As the banks continue to saturate the African commercial sector, they are turning towards retail clients for new sources of revenue. In addition to simple ...
International Funding for African Think Tanks
IRIN reports that international donors are collaborating to provide funding for 24 African think tanks in the next ten years. $30 million is pledged for ...
The General Cynicism
Last year Wired Magazine published a story about Money Box a mobile banking solution developed in Nigeria with some German technology. Writer Bruce Sterling added ...
Strong Forecasts for Continent
Are we living in Africa’s age of aquarius?
Africa is rising, and it could emerge from the crisis stronger than most people think. Africa’s renaissance is ...
VCs Turning to BRICA in Slump?
Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded, recently gave an interesting indictment of Silicon Valley explaining the problems with VC culture. One accusation is that venture ...
$28 quadrillion to 1 US Dollar, Zimbabwe’s Currency
Zimbabwe’s economy has all but collapsed, leaving it’s currency worth far less than the paper it’s printed on…
The hyperinflation is now estimated at over a ...
Moving from Prepay to Subscription
Why on earth is there no solid electronic payment system in Africa? Why are people buying MTN cards and texting the numbers to family ...
The State of Ecommerce in Africa
There’s a really interesting conversation brewing over at Google’s Africa community that’s all about the state of ecommerce (or lack thereof) in Africa. Here’s ...
PayPal’s Electronic Profiling