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World Aids Day 2010

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 …

Dead Aid – Dambisa Moyo (video)

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 …

Highway Africa 2010 – Grahamstown

Google this year will bring four speakers and trainers to the influential pan-African journalism gathering, Highway Africa, held in Grahamstown at the …

Tech4Africa – Jozi

TECH4AFRICA is the first Web, mobile and emerging technology conference of it’s kind in Africa, bringing global perspective to the African context. …

The State of the Internet

There have been recurring themes about there internet this year, and one of them is growth. As previously predicted, it has indeed …

DSTV on Demand is here!

Before we read about DSTV on demand let’s first set the scene with this post by Rich from Capitalist Punks So hereโ€™s …

Free SMS Nigeria

Wetin dey happin? If you understood that then this free SMS service in Nigeria is for you. This is ad opt-in ad …

BarCamp Nigeria 2010

Head up… Wettin de happin? BarCamp Nigeria 2010 is coming. Last year Justin Hartman and I had the privilege of attending BarCamp …