Topic: Uganda

Africa Technology and Investment Digest 7

Subscribe to Appfrica via E-mail 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»

Uganda, the Entrepreneur's Paradise

Want to start or run a new business? You'll be surprised which countries are the most entrepreneurial.READ»

Innovative Giving: Gaming For Rice

Free Rice is an interactive online game that allows you become a little bit smarter while also doing the world some good. It's the fourth entry in our six part series, Innovative Giving.READ»

Africa Technology and Investment Digest 3

Subscribe to Appfrica by Email 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.... The Secret Diaries ...READ»

A Colorado Kid Brings Education--and Hope--to Young Refugees in Uganda

How a Colorado student helps young people in a refugee camp create their own opportunitiesREAD»

Africa Technology and Investment Digest 10

Subscribe to Appfrica via E-mail | Appfrica.org A Breakdown of the Costs of Doing Business in Africa The goal of this article is to provide insight for those of you interested in starting businesses in Africa. I’ll break down ...READ»

"I'm NOT a Plastic Bag": Extreme Measures in Renouncing Non-Biodegradable Substances

Today marked the New York release of Anya Hindmarch's cultishly popular canvas totes which emphatically state, "I'm NOT A Plastic Bag." Said bags, which are made in limited numbers and sold for $15, have already been released in ...READ»

Africa Technology and Investment Digest 5

Subscribe to Appfrica by Email 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»

Rust Never Sleeps: How Bill Gates Might Save the World

Bill Gates just might save the world.READ»

Africa Technology and Investment Digest 6

Subscribe to Appfrica via E-mail 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… Google ...READ»

Africa Technology and Investment Digest Week 1

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»

The Right to Water Is Legislated

The right to water is something that most people don't really think about. This isn't the case in other parts of the world. READ»

Class of '07: The The Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award Winners

Organization What It Does Results Grade ACCION International CEO: María Otero www.accion.org Winner's Statement Trains banks around the world to be microfinance partners, making small loans ...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»

• PopTech's Solar-Powered Bag FLAP

Africa Technology and Investment Digest 8

Subscribe to Appfrica via E-mail Ugandan Students Translating Firefox into Local Languages Students in Uganda begin translating Firefox into local African languages. Alltop.com Notices Africa News Aggregation services ...READ»

How Charity Newcomers are Revolutionizing the Non-Profit Sector

Social cause is not just about writing a check and mailing it to your favorite charity every year. No, not for the newest wave of non-profits. This up-and-coming generation of charities is developing innovative financial structures, embracing the power new social technologies to engage audiences, taking big risks and changing the face of...READ»

Getting the Facebook Generation Out to Vote

Half of America's young people don't vote in presidential elections. In his first documentary, 20-year-old David Burstein shows them why they should care.READ»

Good Design Is a Gift That Keeps on Giving

As the holidays grow near, Joe Duffy reminds us that good design--yours or someone else's--can make great gifts for loved ones.READ»

• Joe Duffy's DPOV blog

MDR-TB: The Galapagos Effect in Health Care

I hope I got your attention with my last post about the Pacific Health Summit and the acute global threat of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). All of the issues around innovation in public health that I are covered in this ...READ»

Design for the Other 90%

The vast majority of designers put their talent to where the money is: crafting products and services that aim to beguile the richest 10% of the world's population. Nothing wrong with making a living. But could the tens of thousands ...READ»

Feedback

Savior or Sellout? Some of Adam Werbach's old friends in the environmental movement may not be talking to him since he signed on with Wal-Mart, but Fast Company readers had plenty to say about September's cover story. Responses ...READ»

Building a Home for the Children of Nepal

At 19, Maggie Doyne left home to go backpacking--and found her life's calling halfway around the worldREAD»

MDR-TB: Is Innovation Within Reach?

As a participant in the recent Pacific Health Summit, I was struck by the bold talk of innovative approaches to addressing the global threat of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). And yet few of the projects that were ...READ»

• Robert Fabricant's Design4Impact blog

What I Learned on My Summer Vacation

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Africa Technology and Investment Digest 9

Subscribe to Appfrica via E-mail | Appfrica.org The Next 2 Billion: The China/Africa Connection Explored The combined populations of China and the fifty-three countries that make up Africa account for well over 2 billion people or ...READ»