Did You Know the Facebook Tipping Point Happened in Ghana on Sunday?
On Sunday, the Electoral Commission of Ghana changed the place of social media in African politics forever. After a very close race for the presidency of Ghana,...
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Free Zone is Google Stepping Up its Game to Challenge Facebook in South Africa
You remember Facebook Zero, the no-cost access to Facebook that is helping to double Facebook users across Africa? Now check out Google’s come back:
Free...
The Top 6 Technology Challenges in International Development
Let us be honest with ourselves. Most of the shiny, flashy new technology is not designed for the developing world we care about.
Technology is designed for the...
GSBI Silicon Valley is Recruiting Advanced Social Ventures for 2013
Global Social Benefit Incubator Silicon Valley, a combination online/in-residence social enterprise accelerator is now taking applications for 2013 cohort....
Nairobi Technology Salon: What are the Technology Challenges in International Development?
Mobile device technology is changing the social and economic development landscape in East Africa. Mobile phones are powering revolutions in banking, in education,...
Failure is the F-Word in International Development
On Friday night, I organized the third annual Fail Faire DC to celebrate failure as a mark of innovation and risk-taking. Check out the photos and Twitter stream...
Congratulations to Ghana for first place in mobile-broadband penetration in Africa
The ITU publishes the Measuring the Information Society report to identify recent global and regional trends in ICT deployment and uptake, on the basis of internationally...
Do you think there are 1.3 million daily Internet users in Kinshasa?
The always informative oAfrica blog has an interesting post on a survey of Internet users in Kinshasa, DRC. Along with oAfrica, I question some of the survey findings,...
It is High Noon for Netbooks
Do you remember the buzz in 2008 for low-cost laptops? Can you recall when Asus announced the EeePC, a sub-$400 laptop computer that had all the techies excited?...
Dear Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Benin: Have You Heard of Wikipedia?
Looking at this map of Wikipedia edits from Africa, I am surprised by the total lack of edits from the gray areas. Some countries, like Somalia & Somaliland,...
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