Articles in Kenya
This November, motivated young Kenyans will create the first public digital map of Kibera, widely known as Africa’s largest slum. Map Kibera is a collaborative project lead by Mikel Maron of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team …
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
