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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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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 ...
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GTUG Kampala Launches

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A Global Passport for Innovators

This morning Erik Hersman and I had a conversation about all the innovation spaces turning up across Africa. We agree that it’s incredibly exciting to ...
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Africa Does the Robot With Robonica

I accept no responsibility for the title of this post. Robonica is a South African startup making programmable robots and robotic games. From ...
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Putumayo Kids: World Music for Children of All Ages

Somethimes you discover blogs on the web that just blow your mind, then you click through link after link only to the next pages more ...
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News at Appfrica Labs June 1

April and May were extremely busy months for us. Ivan Kavuma, a former developer at Microsoft, has joined the staff as our Project Manager and ...
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Web 2.0 confuses IT gurus

What constitutes Web 2.0? Well a survey shows that majority of IT professionals do not seem to have a definite answer. Only 17% of the ...
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LinkedIn Users Prefer Twitter…Over LinkedIn?

This is pretty embarrassing for LinkedIn. Marshall over at ReadWriteWeb writes… A month-long poll conducted on business social network LinkedIn has uncovered some fascinating numbers concerning ...
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