Less Watts for Better Computing
When you’re working in rural areas, electricity is often very scarce. Your only source of power may be a battery array, which may cost you $10-per-watt to...
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...
Dish vs Patch: WiFi Shootout Across San Francisco Bay
Most of the time, when our Inveneo engineers are setting up WiFi antennas it’s to link schools or villages in rural Africa. Sometimes, though, we get to do...
Bay Area WiFi Antenna Shootout
Testing the 24 dBi grid antenna
Most of the time, when our Inveneo engineers are setting up WiFi antennas it’s to link schools or villages in rural Africa. ...
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...
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...
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