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Innovation in a black tie

..As one of the most exciting and significant bi-monthly networking sessions for people in IT and Telecoms, The Innovation Dinner Series brings together decision makers and top-flight speakers to discuss burning issues in the ICT Industry.- ITNews Africa
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G|Uganda Recap

Google's G|Uganda Conference held at Kampala's Speke Resort Munyonyo. On September 1st Kampala saw the kick off of Google’s gUganda, which was held at ...
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Where Has Appfrica Been?

If you follow this blog relatively closely you’ve probably realized that that it’s been fairly quiet for just over a month. This was partly because ...
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Appfricast 16 - Ujima and the Future of Journalism

Reporter Ron Nixon of the New York Times recently sat down with me to discuss the future of journalism and his own project, Ujima. Download or ...
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Asynchronous Info, Disjointed Data and Crisis Reporting

The recent riots in Kampala have revealed a couple of things about the flow of news and how people behave in crisis situations. We still ...
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Hyperlocal Journalism and South Africa

Hyper-local journalism takes the age-old idea of local news and magnifies it. Think of sites like GlobalVoices, the -Ist community and Huffington Post, drilled down ...
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The Future of Giving

Does the future of field research lie in augmented reality?
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Introducing The All New, All Different Appfrica.net

Happy Birthday, us! Just over a year ago I started Appfrica.net as a little research blog that was going to help me get accustomed to ...
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Josh Goldstein Becomes First Appfrica Fellow

Josh Goldstien, blogger, activist, former Googler and Tufts University alumni has joined Appfrica Labs as our very first fellow! When I announced the Appfrica Fellows ...
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This Week in Appfrica [Jun 1 - 7, 2009]

“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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