Africa 3.0: What’s all this connectivity good for?

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Teaming with Samasource Puts Africa’s Rising Digiratti to work Teaming with Samasource Puts Africa’s Rising Digiratti to work

This morning I had an opportunity to be featured on The Hugh Macken Live radio show. Actually should I say, Leila Charayath Janar—who I interviewed last year at the Facebook Developer’s Garage in Uganda, was …

Talking with Dr. Akanmu Adeboya about Global Initiatives and the Diaspora Talking with Dr. Akanmu Adeboya about Global Initiatives and the Diaspora

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 …

Mapping Africa: The Fruits of WhereCamp Africa Mapping Africa: The Fruits of WhereCamp Africa

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 …

Kiwanja.net: A Revolution in Mobile Phone Technology. Kiwanja.net: A Revolution in Mobile Phone Technology.

Ken Banks, the one-man team behind kiwanja.net, is a powerhouse. His output of interviews, blog posts, Twitter updates and other social media tricks speaks to his determination to contribute to the emerging realm of information …

The 2nd Kenya Diaspora International Conference and Investment Forum The 2nd Kenya Diaspora International Conference and Investment Forum

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 …

Peering into Africa’s Mobile Technology space, and where to invest Peering into Africa’s Mobile Technology space, and where to invest

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 …

WhereCamp Africa: Mapping Africa
Saturday, 7 Mar, 2009 – 14:58 | Comments Off
WhereCamp Africa: Mapping Africa

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 …

Diaspora at Work: Juliana Rotich lends her Global Voice to Ushahidi Diaspora at Work: Juliana Rotich lends her Global Voice to Ushahidi

Jiliana added, “we came together. Ory, David, and I were in Kenya at various times [during the crisis]. In the early days it was the three of us who were in Kenya…the programming and the setup was done by the guys overseas. What we did was enter content, and blogged on our own blogs and told other people about the [Ushahidi] platform.”

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Animated:Kenya, December 6th Animated:Kenya, December 6th

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 …

Can the Kickstart model change the face of Aid to Africa?
Saturday, 25 Oct, 2008 – 9:41 | Comments Off
Can the Kickstart model change the face of Aid to Africa?

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, …

Mark the Date! Kelele in Nairobi August 13-19, 2009
Sunday, 19 Oct, 2008 – 15:45 | Comments Off
Mark the Date! Kelele in Nairobi August 13-19, 2009

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 …

EASSy back in the game: Pushes capacity to 1.4 terabytes
Friday, 17 Oct, 2008 – 9:08 | Comments Off
EASSy back in the game: Pushes capacity to 1.4 terabytes

 
 
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 terabytes of …

Google’s O3b Networks -vs- EASSy. Fight! Part 2 Google’s O3b Networks -vs- EASSy. Fight! Part 2

A WHOLE LOT OF FIBRE
In Part One of this series, I posited that the fight for broadband dominance in East and Southern Africa was only between O3b Networks’ proposed launch of 16 LEOS and the …

Google’s O3b Networks -vs- EASSy. Fight! Part 1 Google’s O3b Networks -vs- EASSy. Fight! Part 1

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 …

Bankelle spawns conversation on home-ownership in Africa
Sunday, 14 Sep, 2008 – 15:04 | Comments Off
Bankelle spawns conversation on home-ownership in Africa

Living in the Diaspora and want to own a some land or a home back home? Anyone who has tried or even though about trying knows that there are not just stumbling blocks in your …

Democracy Kenya-R.I.P Democracy Kenya-R.I.P

I called one of my friends who lives in Boston a few days ago. He had just traveled to Kenya just in time for the chaos caused by recent presidential election fiasco.
As he spoke I …