When most people watch the above video about Mobile Stats in Africa 2011 many think of opportunities to only milk that huge audience. The Praekelt Foundation are different. They build open source, scalable mobile technologies and solutions to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in poverty. Launched at Tech4Africa 2011, Ummeli is a [...]
I really really really loathe traveling to Johannesburg. It’s ugly, traffic kills me and there are no mountains. It’s all about the mountains. I have nothing against the residents of the massive city though. The one reason and only reason (for me) to go to Jozi is to attend Tech4Africa. Previously covered here. Tech4Africa promises [...]
Silicon Cape isn’t the only place where you can find innovative people and organizations in Africa. Say hello to iHub Nairobi. Founded by Erik Hersman, who also founded Ushahidi. This video explains what iHub Nairobi is all about…
World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people between 1981 and 2007, and an estimated 33.2 million people worldwide live with HIV as of 2007, making it one of the most [...]
This is a video worth watching. Dead Aid author Dambisa Moyo is spot on. Brings back memories of TED Global 2007. During the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. Dambiso Moyo asserts, however, that this assistance has made African people no better off. [...]
This week has been really tough if you are one of those users reliant on a Seacom connection, the cable which connects you to the world is down and will be for at least a few more days. So now you sit there with absolutely no idea what to do… no worries! There is always [...]
Google this year will bring four speakers and trainers to the influential pan-African journalism gathering, Highway Africa, held in Grahamstown at the start of July (http://www.highwayafrica.com/). Andrew Bangs, Community Marketing representative at YouTube will speak about the rise of citizen journalism across the globe, and the significance of the internet in enabling free expression and [...]
TECH4AFRICA is the first Web, mobile and emerging technology conference of it’s kind in Africa, bringing global perspective to the African context. It’s taking place in Johannesburg at The Forum on August 12-13, 2010, and as such the conference promises to be a pioneering and intimate affair, congregating digital elite for the first time in [...]
There have been recurring themes about there internet this year, and one of them is growth. As previously predicted, it has indeed grown. The world average internet penetration stands at about 26% ( for 2009) and interestingly enough, Africa has surpassed the middle east in the number of internet users by Geographic region. it stands [...]
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