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...
Apps4D: Smartphone Application Development as ICT4D
The rise of the smartphone has unleashed a wave of excitement and income generation across the software development community. Applications that can run on iPhones,...
Google Technology User Groups: the LUG’s of Tomorrow
Google is naturally excited about the voluntary formation of Google Technology User Groups across Africa – communities of software developers and Google users...
African Open Source Technology and ICT4D Differences
An interesting conversation sparked by a blog post on the Ushahdi blog is the main reason for this post.
The post by Erik Hersman raises issues about open source...
Gaining Advantages Through Languages – of Code
When people talk of the many languages of Africa, and need for localized content, they’re often thinking about English, French, Kiswalhili, or Xhosa.
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YouTube Feather: Low Bandwidth Video Viewing
Trying to watch a YouTube video on the low-bandwidth connections common in Africa is an experience in frustration. Download speeds are so slow that you often wait...
Empowering End Users with Pre-Installed Software
End users of computers in the developing world often want to engage in activities that are beyond the stock software that comes with popular operating systems, especially...
Nokia: Win $125,000 For Uniquely African Apps
Here’s a great opportunity from Nokia for for African mobile and web application developers to create best-in-class applications. Nokia is offering $125,000...
Ubuntu on Asus Eeetop
Summary
We are always looking for the latest in low-powered devices and one that caught our eye recently was a touchscreen from Asus, the EeeTop.
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