Articles in events & conferences
This just in, my talk submitted for SXSW Interactive 2010, Africa 3.0: A Look at the Future of a Connected Africa, has been accepted. If you were looking for a good reason to attend the …
It is a common practice that many Ugandans in the Diaspora trek home to cerebrate the Christmas festivals with the families. Therefore this year’s Conference code named “Home is the Best Summit -3” will be held in Lira on 23rd December 2009, Kampala on 29th to 30th December 2009, and Mbale on 4th January 2010. Home is the Best Summit – 3 because it will be the third Conference to organise under such a theme.
Yesterday I got a chance to talk to the team behind the upcoming BarCampAfricaUK [ SOLD OUT ]. BarCampAfricaUK is just another town hall meeting spurred by social media conversations and the subjects of ICT, development and Africa. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
PD Podcast: BarCampAfricaUK [ Audio | 45:44 | MP3 ] [ Music: Soundtrack: Disco Science by Mirwais ]
This weekend Cameroon will host the country’s first BarCamp in Douala on November 7, 2009 at Le Meridien Hotel. Be sure to check out their blog and Twitter streams for live updates on the nearly …
If you happen to be in London in October, make sure it’s on the 8th and 9th. The Project Diaspora team is gate-crashing the 2nd Africa Gathering event. If you have been procrastinating and haven’t bought your tickets yet, make sure to hit up the registration page and do so now, like right now. The last event in April sold out weeks before opening day.
All For Africa Promo Video from allforafrica on Vimeo.
Just got word that on Thursday, the 24 of September from 7 – 11 pm, L’Altruist in New York is having a trés chic benefit event for …
Diaspora and the Cloud – Cloud Intelligence Symposium at Ars Electronica from TMS Ruge on Vimeo.
No longer is Africa’s rich cultural heritage, development and identity championed and hijacked by those from outside and treated as …
Dr. Adebayo Discusses the partnership between Kennesaw State University and 2nd Kenyan Diaspora International Conference & Investment Forum
Akanmu G. Adebayo, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Institute for Global Initiatives
Kennesaw State University
Interviewed by Benin Brown
Benin: Can you tell us …
Not too long ago we covered the fact that the first ever WherecampAfrica was being held in Nairobi. Well, I neglected to follow up and there are some cool things that have come out of …
Recently was contacted by their event manager and was impressed by what I saw on their site. This looks like a fun event, totally worth checking out! So all you folks in London, stop on …
Just found out today the the flood of African BarCamps has added another member! BarCamp Cameroon is in the planning stages so if you are interested in lending your support please let them know! Join …
Ato Ulzen-Appiah On BarCamps Ghana and Diaspora from Project Diaspora on Vimeo.
BarCamp Diapora is coming up fast. For those of you living in our near DC sign up and join the conversation! Admission is free… …
Esi Yankah, CEO of The Africa Mentor Network, Inc. contacted PD with information on an upcoming networking event for Ghana’s enterprising youth to be held this August. The event will offer selected youth a chance …
According to the press release, “the purpose of the show is to promote tourism and real estate in Africa by bringing together African-based businesses and tourism officials with Canadian and American consumers.”
The 2nd Kenya Diaspora International Conference and Investment Forum
So pleased to discover this event.
The 2nd Kenya Diaspora International Conference and Investment Forum
Big thanks to Mariam Ali Mucheru who not only participated in …
Inspired by Barcamp Ghana, the first technology Barcamp in the last monarchy in Africa, will take place June 27th, 2009 in Mbabane, Swaziland. Organizers include Sabelo Dlamini of YouthAssets, and Wandile Nxumalo, CEO of Maestro …
This past weekend, I had the honor of being invited to be on a panel discussion at South by Southwest (SXSW), “Appfrica: How Web Applications are Helping Emerging Markets Grow” The panel was moderated by one …
Under the heading Information is power. I am excited to see the focus of this new event is mapping technologies and how it can be leveraged for the good of the continent. Ushahidi has …
So, in a year of awesome amazing tech conferences in Africa the last on of 2008 was BarCamp Ghana. Today Ato Ulzen-Appiah sent out this letter to all his Facebook friends.
Hello folks,
The first BarCamp …
I finally got access to some decent bandwidth to upload photos of this month’s Facebook Developer Garage that was held in Kampala, Uganda. Follow the link to see all the action hi-rez glory.
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Managing to successfully thwart an international scheduling conflict, Jon Gossier of AppAfrica synchronized schedules with Leila Chirayath Janar, founder of Samasource to host the first ever Facebook Developer Garage in Kampala. Trekking all the way …
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In the midst of all the coding hack-fest that was Facebook Developer Garage here in Uganda yesterday, I managed to corral Jon Gossier–founder of AppAfrica, based right here in Kampala–for a quick one-on-one about all things tech …
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Will you look at this. I was at dinner this week here in Kampala and ran into Jon of App+Africa fame. Turns out there’s a conference tomorrow. You know, the one we told you about a …
A little bit of Hollywood is coming to the suburbs of Nairobi. Animated:Kenya will be held December 6th at Sarit Center, Westlands. Their mission?
To break the myths about Kenyan Animation.
It is time to break …
Ugandan tech-heads take note! Facebook is coming to Kampala. Thanks to the efforts of Jonathan Gosier of App+Africa. The garage will be held at Makerere University on December 13th. Mark the date and don’t miss …
