Africa

Africa Technology and Investment Digest Week 2

Jon Gos — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:20:51 +0000

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Rethinking Africa

Jon Gos — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:13:10 +0000

Innovation, Technology, Investment and Development in African Countries

Africa Technology and Investment Digest Week 1

Jon Gos — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:04:33 +0000

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…

Is Developmental Aid Stifling Africa’s Growth?

Jon Gos — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:02:59 +0000

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, it
is the aid workers who are standing in the way of progress.”
Obviously, I wouldn’t have started Appfrica if I didn’t believe in the
power of personal perseverance, free market competition and
entrepreneurship. These things are hard to nurture in an environment
where everything is handed to you before you ask. Thilo goes on to make

Testing out the new Facebook App

Jon Gos — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:14:07 +0000

Just testing out the new App Blog Networks. If you're interested in following us there click here and while you're at it, follow us on twitter.

Appfrica.net: Information Technology, Investing and Development in Africa

Jon Gos — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:04:58 +0000

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 aid and that engaging the world economy will make the biggest difference in the future narrative of the progress in that region.

Appfrica Blog

Appfrica at FastCompany

Jon Gos — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:54:06 +0000

Navigating the African IT World for Investors, Developers, and Social Entrepreneurs

Bio and Interests: Jonathan Gosier

Jonathan Gosier — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:30:00 +0000

Jonathan started Appfrica with the vision for supporting the young
software engineers and entrepreneurial minds of the developing world.
At the age of twenty-six Jon became the youngest director at a public
internet start-up, when it hit financial trouble, he turned his
attentions towards social entrepreneurship. He currently works as a
social media consultant and web developer for his own firm gosdot.com creating rich media cintent, social web applications and managing online identies for clients.

World Economic Forum on Africa

Gloria Sin — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:16:20 +0000

Every year, the World Economic Forum holds a powwow focused on Africa, and every year, it's in Cape Town. Beautiful as the city may be, you have to wonder whether that's the only place in Africa to which the hundreds of attendees -- CEOs, ministers and heads of government, academics, assorted members of entourages -- will go. This year's theme, "Capitalizing on Opportunity," suggests the opportunity is for Africans.

Leadership

7,000,000 Dome Homes for the World

Hugh Simpson — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:45:33 +0000

Yes we are building 7,000,000 cost effective and energy efficient dome homes for the homeless around the world over the next 7 years. We will begin in the USA with the nearly 500,000 homeless war vets and then expand around the world. We are suppose to go to Africa with American Idol to build for that little boy if 10 that lost his parents to AIDS and is raising his little brother and sister.

To learn more go to http:www.7thaven.org and see how you can help too!