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Ugandan Students Translating Firefox into Local Languages
Students in Uganda begin translating Firefox into local African languages.
Alltop.com Notices Africa
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Moving from Prepay to Subscription
The majority of people in developed regions of African countries still have no access to credit cards. Of the African banks that do offer credit or debit cards, ...READ»
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Google Invests in Kenya’s Mobile Planet
This week Google made the announcement that it is making a minority stake investment into Kenyan mobile operating company Mobile Planet…
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On Social Media and Utility
Yesterday I sat in on a discussion that lead to a NGO called WaterForPeople adopting Twitter as a tool for reporting progress on projects in Uganda. The whole discussion ...READ»
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Forbes Calls Africa The ‘Last Investment Frontier’
“In 1989, there were just five sub-Saharan stock exchanges; now there are 16." - Forbes, John Christy
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Google Launches Africa Blog and Forum
Google made a surprise announcement this week launching a new blog specifically focused on their efforts in sub-Saharan Africa....
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Nicco Mele Launches NewsJunk.com
Nicco’s career began as a member of the technical staff for various
political campaigns, in particular the presidential campaigns of Howard
Dean, ...READ»
Ushahidi featured in MIT’s Top 10 Start-Ups To Watch
The GIS service for tracking incidents of unrest in violence in Kenya, Ushahidi, has been featured in MIT’s Technology Review as on of the Top 10 Start-Ups to Watch… ...READ»
Thilo Thielke makes a bold statement in this recent piece from Spiegel Online: “No
one has to starve in Africa. Hunger there results from the failures of
unscrupulous rulers — and their friends in the West. Paradoxically, ...READ»
So We've launched our blog at Appfrica. Appfrica is a group dedicated to the support of entrepreneurship, free market competition and innovation in the African continent. We strong beleive what Africa needs extends beyond just ...READ»
By: Richard Behar Sun Jun 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Since Fast Company published China Storms Africa in June of 2008, the article has itself stormed the media landscape. CNN called it "one of the most important magazine ...READ»
