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Tanzania's Moment to Shine: Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge

Tanzania, this is your opportunity to bring Africa's information online by creating Wikipedia articles in Kiswahili.

You are the wellspring of Kiswahili in East Africa. Show your paossion for the language by translating English Wikipedia articles into Kiswahili or by writing your own articles from scratch, building a richer online experience for 100 million African users who speak Kiswahili.

Prizes includes laptops, mobile phones, prepaid internet access modems, Google T-shirts, and more. Participants will also receive certificate of participation.

But you better hurry - it looks like Kenya is already dominating the contest.

Learn more here: Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge, sponsored by Google

Submitted by Wayan Vota on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 10:44
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Wayan Vota

Inveneo

Wayan Vota is a technology expert focused on appropriate information and communication technologies (ICT) for rural and underserved areas of the developing world. He is a Senior Director at Inveneo and is the editor of ICTworks

The Right Way to do Solar Powered Development

In a New York Times article Bringing Solar Power to Africa’s Poor, there is a great quote on how to bring sustainable solar power to Africa:

SolarAid does not give away its micro-solar kits. "It’s not a hand out," Ms. Bliss said. "We want to encourage a viable trade. Solar has a huge future here, and anyone we have trained with solar skills has a good chance of finding employment. We also encourage distributors to take solar products to rural villages."

Here's a video of a similar organization, Solar Energy Foundation:

Submitted by Wayan Vota on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 11:50
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Wayan Vota

Inveneo

Wayan Vota is a technology expert focused on appropriate information and communication technologies (ICT) for rural and underserved areas of the developing world. He is a Senior Director at Inveneo and is the editor of ICTworks

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