Hive Colab: Software Developer Coworking in Kampala
Hive Colab is an open, collaborative, community owned, work environment for young tech entrepreneurs to focus on projects, access the internet, have a quiet professional...
Low-Cost ICT Devices for Educational Systems in the Developing World
Back at the turn of the century, education was gripped by the diffusion of amazing hand-held devices for children. These tools, at first considered an expensive...
Magnetic Declination and Aligning WiFi Links
Understanding the difference between Magnetic (Compass) bearing and True bearing is key to aligning WiFi links.
Most wireless network planning software,...
Microsoft Should Offer Discontinued Kin Phone to Developing Countries
Back in May Microsoft launched a new mobile device that struck somewhere in between a feature phone and a Smartphone. Yesterday, barely a month after the Kin launch,...
4 Key Challenges and Solutions to ICT Deployments for Rural Healthcare
In February 2008, The Health Metrics Network (HMN) convened experts in Geneva after many months of focused organizational, advocacy and educational efforts in several...
Are Kenyan .KE Domain Names Too Expensive?
Recently, Moses Kemibaro present the marketing plan for the .KE top-level country domain, managed by the Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC). In his presentation,...
How Open Source Software Makes Money for Coffee Grower Cooperatives
In Kenya, coffee farmers are concerned about getting a fair price for their beans, and worry about “ghost kilograms” – the undercounting of raw...
Apps 4 Africa: a Contest for African Software Developers
Over the past few weeks myself, Solomon King of NodeSix.com, Joshua Goldstein an Appfrica Fellow, Jessica Colaco at the iHub in Nairobi, Philip Thigo and John Kipchumbah...
The Availability of Prepaid Mobile Data Plans in All 53 African Countries
Kevin Donovan and Jonathan Donner believe that prepaid ICT access models are more appropriate for poorer consumers and the availability of prepaid mobile data will...
Win Government Contracts with Solar Power Computing
Electrical power is an issue across Africa – or more accurately, the lack of reliable, affordable electricity is one of the greatest barriers to the adoption...