Win $100K Towards an Sub-Sahara African Business
A new program from USAID is offering 10-20 matching grants of between $50,000 and $100,000 each for start-up and existing businesses that are partnerships between...
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Let the East African Bandwidth Pour Forth!
If all goes according to plan, next Thursday July 23, 2009, when the Seacom cable is switched on, Internet bandwidth should pour forth from Mombassa all the way...
SolarNetOne: A Turnkey Internet Hotspot Design
Here is another interesting approach to an all-in-one solar powered computer lab: SolarNetOne
SolarNetOne combines conditioned, renewable power; computers; WiFi;...
More Mobile Phones than Light Bulbs in Uganda
Here’s an interesting data point on the growth of mobile phones in Africa – they may already outnumber light bulbs in Uganda.
New Ugandan light blub
This...
Introducing Google SMS Uganda: Craigslist for Your Phone
I’m very excited to see that Google is taking a serious interest in Africa. From offices in South Africa and Kenya, to an open call for Africans to expand...
Working Offline with Google Earth
As we mentioned in our recent post about testing WiFi antennas across the San Francisco Bay, we at Inveneo rely heavily on Google Earth to better understand the...
New Low Power Computer OS: Google Chrome?
For years, low-power computer buyers have had only two choices in operating systems: Linux or Windows. And the comparison and competition between the two systems...
Get Hired! A New African Tech Job Board
Here at Inveneo, we’re often asked for leads on good African software developers or asked by Africans for job opportunities. And while we’re too small...
Yes, There is Technology in Rwanda
Rolling out the future of Rwanda
I always love conversations with Silicon Valley types who never leave the Bay Area Bubble. When I say that Inveneo is working to...
Bandwidth Bonanza by Balloon?!
Here is a creative way to improve Internet access in West Africa: balloon-based wireless broadband Internet routers.
Internet access via balloon
The US company Space...
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