I have been blogging on the huge advancements going on in Africa, specifically in the mobile phone industry. Two articles, one from the blog Floating Sheep (love that name), and another from the bastion of capitalism, the Wall Street Journal, tell the story of this growth. — Map of per-capita mobile phone subscriptions Using World…
Category Archives: Africa
Repost: Update from Harrassmap
Conclusions from HarassMap’s First Progress Report
November 1st, 2010 to December 29th, 2010
Kenya’s Kitengela Glass; Creating a business out of recycled glass
I was able to buy some of this glass in Kenya last time I was there (suggested by Melanda!) .. quite beautiful! Thanks to CP-Africa for the story. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Kibera Paper brings Meaning to the Holidays
I have given the cards made by Kibera Paper over the years … they are beautiful, well-designed, and socially and environmentally sustainable to boot! Sorry I wasn’t able to post this pre-xmas … but maybe next year people could order from them. Or, if you want, please send me an email and I can pick…
Engaging Youth to create Sustainable Cities
I am very proud to be a Senior Associate with Sustainable Cities, an international development agency based out of Vancouver, Canada. Last year we were able to do some outstanding work with UN-HABITAT in advancing the issue of youth and cities through the publication of the World Urban Forum Dialogue Series: Youth in Cities, and…
Pradical Tweets for 2010-12-05
Pradical Tweets ‘Oceans of poverty, islands of wealth’ – Africa warned of ‘slum’ cities danger as its population passes 1bn: http://ow.ly/3glxc # Pradically All the Time is out – read this Twitter newspaper on http://bit.ly/cb0ShI (271 contributions today) # RT @DougSaunders: love it! The documents were burned onto a CD-RW disguised as a Lady Gaga…
Youth in urban sustainable development
Excerpt from UN YOUTH FLASH, Vol. 7, No. 11, November 2010 * For more information on youth and urbanization go to the UN-HABITAT website. Today, half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a number expected to increase to sixty percent in the next two decades. The trend of urbanization is especially profound in…
HarassMap: Putting Women’s Safety on the Map
The issue of violence and harassment of women is a global problem, with women experiencing violence in their lifetime ranging from approximately 5 to 50% globally, and sexual violence with a similar global range (please read attached The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics for more info). It is thus exciting to see that digital…
A Somali Woman Speaks out against Extremism via the Kenya Somali Blog
Women have cast off the clothes of hope and freedom and have locked themselves, covering their bodies as if they were trying to protect themselves from a situation of violence and unpredictable danger. Kaha Mohamed Aden Somalia is a scary place for those who live there, especially women. I think it is important to get…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-14
Some stories of hope … by @practicalrad http://t.co/Yni2fhk # Wonder if Ford will attend events like this? Bloomberg, Miller&C40 mayors on sustainable cities- http://huff.to/b2tjYU @richard_florida # George “Sulu” Takei speaks out against Anti-Gay School Board Member. I respect Star Trek, a show ahead of its time. http://ow.ly/33y5Z # facebook .. she be down, down, down….