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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 …
Woot! Another BarCamp comes to Africa. Check ‘em out and give them your support… and if you happen to be in Nigeria in January… stop on by! The event planners include: Gbenga Ajayi, Deji Adewunmi, …
China is busy in Africa, they are building roads, hospitals, electrical plants on and on and on… and they are still looking for more opportunities. Next up? Zambia. The Zambia National Boradcasting Corporation announces that …
As a result of all the research we do here at Project Diaspora we often run across some great projects. Projects like The Women of Kireka, Let Art Talk and more. We can all fall …
Woot! The African BarCamps are coming fast and furious. Newest on the scene… BarCamp Ghana. According to their website:
BarcampGhana 2008 will be held in Accra, Ghana on December 22nd 2008. This event will bring people …
Congratulations to all the members of the top 10! The work done by all these amazing people is inspirational and truly a model for all us that want to make a difference in the …
During the Emerging Technology panel moderated by Guy Kawasaki I was impressed by KickStart. Their comments and insights were grounded and informed. They are looking at all the angles, at all the information out there, …
My expectations for BarCamp Africa were high but vague. I was excited about all the people I would get a chance to meet, and convinced that only amazing things could come of getting that many …
Meraj Chhaya editor-in-chief of Phone Report has set up a share library of all things MobileActive08 in Johannesburg, on Ovi. For the Diaspora, if you were unable to attend and are interested in catching up …
There’s an article on Global Voices discussing the role of the Diaspora in Madagascar’s development. It’s good to see discussions like these going on in developing countries. In order to properly engage the Diaspora, there …
Got an e-mail today from George Ndahendekire Ndyamuba, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Uganda. Which if I were delusional would lead me to suspect that we might be friends… I however, am not …
Ok Blogren, no excuses, Kelele is announced and getting sponsors already. Mark the date, save your pennies and make your plans today!
Not sure what Kelele is?
Kelele is an annual African bloggers’ conference held in a …
As you guys know we here at Project Diaspora have been going to as many conferences and events as our budget and schedules can handle. We want to connect to as many people as we …
EASSy upgrades it
THIS JUST IN:
Steve Song at Many Possibilities just chirped to let me know that Alcatel-Lucent, the company contracted to build out EASSy’s 10,000Km undersea cable, announced yesterday that it’s going to deliver 1.4 …
We have all been in one ofthose conversations. You know the one… where a simple anecdote about someone’s difficult morning suddenly turns ugly and you find yourself in the world of “us” and “them”.
THEM being …
This is a great idea! Inspired by Advanta.
Kiva and Advanta have paired together in order to encourage businesses to support give back. Advanta will match monies donated through Kiva using the Advanta card dollar for …
MobileActiv08: 13-15 October 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Violence against women is an international issue. Women all over the world are victims of violence at the hands of family, boyfriends, lovers, husbands and strangers. This is …
Blog Action Day Announces via Twitter:
Listen up world. MySpace is in. Repeat: MySpace.com will support Blog Action Day through its Impact Channel! Now does any1 have Bono’s cell?
So there Bono, if you happen to read …
If you’ve been keeping pace in the Afri-tech space lately, you have probably heard about two of the biggest projects battling for the Broadband Title by being the first to bring ubiquitous broadband access to …
Now that the ink is almost dry on the dotted lines where the three leaders of the main political parties in Zimbabwe just signed their names supposedly on behalf of those they represent, it is …
So today we got accused of making the convention look boring. So yes… we have to admit that we in fact did not attend as many of the fun social actives as there were on …
Nettie, Abbey and Edris Lubega
Back when I was a barefoot wee lad growing up in Biizi—a sleepy village outside of the even sleepier town of Masindi, Uganda—my friends and I never ran out of creative …
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Patricia Flanagan speaks at the UNAA kick-off dinner
USAID was gracious enough to send an emissary to speak to The Ugandan Diapora at the UNAA convention this year. We met Patricia Flanagan, on the convention floor …
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Who speaks for the dead? The sliced, the mangled, the burned and scorched, the disfigured, the future “Miss Landmine”s, the eye-less, the lip-less, the ear-less, the de-virginated, the butt-less, the father-less, the mother-less, and the …
Ebel in the driver’s seat
In the absence of a hotel shuttle upon arrival here in Orlando last night, we got ushered into a bright yellow taxi once outside the baggage claim. I don’t know who …
