Afrigadget – Maker Faire Africa 2010 Begins!

Maker Faire Africa 2010 has begun in Nairobi, Kenya. This is the second of what is becoming an annual event, an event that seeks to shed some light on the inventors, innovators and artists creating practical and interesting ideas – mostly from Africa’s informal sector.
This year, besides having jua kali creators from [...]

White African – Russell Southwood at the iHub

I consider Russell Southwood to be the most well-connected person in the African tech scene, he also happens to have one of the best macro view of what’s going on across the continent in the established tech and media worlds. For a taste of his work, read his article, “Africa’s mobile market will go open [...]

Moses Kemibaro – Huawei’s low-cost and high-end IDEOS Android handset is what Africa needs.

In more Android news this weekend, it has just come to my attention that Huawei has launched a low-cost Android handset this past week at the IFA event in Berlin, Germany. The interesting thing about this handset is that its running Android version 2.2 (also known as Froyo) which is the latest version of the [...]

Ushahidi – Rapid Response Fund for Ushahidi

The Ushahidi community has been the main driver for the platform’s success. Here is an opportunity for fans, friends and Ushahidians everywhere to take part in a project that gives an added chance to Ushahidi deployments in the hardest hit areas of the world.
During a crisis situation, groups looking to use Ushahidi often need [...]

TEDx Nairobi – Why Aid Does Not Work…

Dambisa Moyo speaks at TEDx Brussels about why the aid paradigm simply does not work.

Afromusing – TED Fellows and Moving Windmills

July has been a whirlwind month, piggy backing on an even more hectic June. I got to spend some time in Kenya in June with the wonderful Ushahidi and ihub community, where we hosted several events to highlight our software projects. SwiftRiver amongst them. Before that it was DLD women in Munich (+ World Cup [...]

Mtoto Wa Jirani – We’re moving!

For a while now I’ve been working on a self-hosted blog and I believe its got to a point where I can announce it. Mtoto wa jirani is now moving to http://www.mtotowajirani.com. This blog will be launched on my 21st birthday, January 30th 2010. The focus of the blog will be thoughts and ideas that [...]