Topic: Kenya

Laundered Somali Pirate Money a Boon for Kenyan Arrr-chitecture

For Sale: Perfectly cozy pirate hideout located in non-descript, high-rise condo in Nairobi aka "Little Mogadishu." Perched close the Somali border but far enough from the coast to assuage suspicion*, this posh modern abode has ...READ»

Why Outsourced Tech-Jobs Are Saving Refugees in Kenya

Creating a cache of skilled labor in refugee communities.READ»

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While Kenya Votes, Ushahidi Does Its Part

Fast Company catches up with Erik Hersman, the man behind the groundbreaking crowdsourcing tool, Ushahidi, as Kenya holds its constitutional referendum.READ»

Kenya's First Viral Music Video: An Auto-Tuned, Blaxploitation-Themed Epic

Kenyan group Just a Band released what's being called the nation's first viral video--and it's funny, violent, and odd enough to pioneer the form anywhere.READ»

Inside PopTech's Solar-Powered Bag FLAP: Testing Across Africa

In the fourth installment of our story about a new product collaboration between PopTech, Timbuk2 Designs, and the Portable Light Project, White African's Erik Hersman takes the FLAP prototype to Africa for testing.READ»

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A Malaria Outbreak Predictor? This Time It's for Real

10 years of research and development has made a new, tested computer model a reality.READ»

HealthRight International: Building Sustainable Solutions That Appeal To Business Investors

Today's philanthropists struggle to balance crisis contributions with investments in longer term, lasting solutions.  HealthRight International exemplifies a nonprofit that leverages relatively small resources for a significant ...READ»

Fast Talk: Water Work

For the last 70 years, Population Services International has been using private sector distribution and marketing channels to deliver low-cost health products--such as Waterguard, a chlorine-based water-treatment solution--in developing countries worldwide.READ»

Mobile Clinics, Kenyan Style: On Camelback

To deliver refrigerated medicines to remote parts of Kenya, one group has developed solar-powered mobile clinics, carried by camels.READ»

Ericsson, Orange Sending Solar-Powered Cell Coverage to Africa

While many of us struggle to tear ourselves away from computers and cell phones, communities in rural Africa deal with a different problem: lack of communication. Orange Guinea Conakry and Ericcson announced last week a plan ...READ»

Investing in Post-Conflict Zone Startups Just Might Save the World

When Kevin Braithwaite tells fellow Silicon Valley types that he's investing in entrepreneurs in Lebanon, they usually look at him like he's crazy.READ»

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Google's Surfing Safari

The search giant is betting that it can become synonymous with theInternet in places like strife-torn Kenya. It has a long way to go.READ»

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The 30 Most Important Books for Product Designers

What are the most important books for any product designer--or anyone hoping to crib some design thinking? READ»

How Innovations from Developing Nations Trickle-Up to the West

A funny thing has happened on the way to globalization: Innovation now trickles up from emerging to advanced economies. And it may be the way of the future.READ»

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Day Two at the World Economic Forum on Africa

How do information and communication technologies influence innovation in Africa? Robert Fabricant's third report from the World Economic Forum.READ»

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Social Capitalism in Words

The concept of social entrepreneurship means different things to different people. Here some people discuss what two particular social projects mean to them.READ»

Rethinking the Zoo: Where Are the Gushing Oil Pumps in the Penguin Pool?

As habitats change, an artists' installation at a Vienna zoo shows how the design of animal exhibitions may change with them.READ»

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Steven Stone on the Greening of Sub-Saharan Africa

In the past year, African nations, such as Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda, have been investing billions of public and private dollars in green technologies, like renewable energy and organic agriculture. Economist Steven Stone of ...READ»

Africa's Informal Economy Revealed

New book synthesizes activities of informal product designers.READ»

Love Can Be So Lucrative

I was wandering around Coney Island one day not too long ago with a few friends when a scruffy, bearded guy who was trying to sell some equally scruffy stuffed animals stopped us. "Come on guys," he somewhat insolently ...READ»

Top 50 Blog Posts On Outsourcing on BPOVoice in 2009

In our effort to bring you the “Best of content” published across BPOVoice, we are producing a list of Top 50 blog posts on outsourcing published on BPOVoice.com We are grateful to our featured bloggers including occasional contribution from others who guided the community by their thought leadership through their high experience and deep industry knowledge. The list assembled will refresh your memories of all the good, bad and the interesting stories from the outsourcing industry that happened in the midst of turbulent times of 2009!READ»

J-Pal’s Most Provocative Inquiries

J-PAL members hope their findings will inspire smarter anti-poverty policy. Here, a look at some of their most provocative inquiries.READ»

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Design Crime: New Luxury Hotel Is a Five-Star Disaster Shelter

Slumming it never felt so rich.READ»