Though I have not been yet, there is a great buzz around the iHub in Nairobi, described as an “open Space for technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in Nairobi.” (I have also been told they sell great coffee). They just clocked their first year in existance last week, and it is great to see…
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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
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….
Part II of Whose Tweet Counts Anyways? A Response to Malcolm Gladwell
“We seem to have forgotten what activism is,” writes Gladwell. If activism is defined only as taking direct action and protesting on the streets, he might be right. But if activism extends to changing the minds of people, to making populations aware of what their governments are doing in their name, to influencing opinion across…
Mobile Phones Improve Health Services in Africa
Having worked with youth to establish One Stop Youth Centres in Kampala, Uganda, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya, and Kigali, Rwanda, I have seen the power of mobile phones both to convene people as well as disseminate important information. What I find really exciting is to see how quickly and to what success mobile…
Usahidi – Mapping the world one SMS at a time
I have been struggling to get my head around Usahidi, the Swahili for “witness” or “testimony.” I knew it was created during the post-election violence in Kenya in early 2008. I had many friends who went through that terrible time, and felt equally horrified and powerless. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Steps into Mapping the Unmapped – via Mapping: No Big Deal
No big deal?? Yeah right! This is an excellent and detailed step-by-step process on how to do mapping in remote areas, and for a great purpose as well (the successful referendum held in Kenya. Check out my blog post Transparency + Accountability = Democracy, Kenya Style to see how mapping was used there). Here are…
What it means to "get it" – Mikel Maron on Building Digital Technology for Our Planet
I am going to go out on a limb here and state that I think Mikel Maron and his crew of openstreetmap people are some of the leading experts globally in understanding how technology – specifically spatial technology – can be used in the developing world. Why you ask? Why them? Well, because they aren’t…
Guest Blog: What happened in South Africa shouldn’t just stay in South Africa
The following is (my first!!) guest blog from two quite cool people – Kevina Power and Ron Harris (aka Os12). I will leave it at that and let them explain the rest … — It was late fall 2005 when we left Kenya for South Africa to host 2 World Urban Cafes (WUCs); one during…
From Kodak to the Mobile Phone: Urban Data and the Scientific Life
This is a repost from the Polis blog with my comments (my comments first, polis blog From Kodak to the Mobile Phone below): Thank you for this post. I think that the mobile generation with their ever more powerful mobile technologies are changing how we view, analyze and plan our cities. I work with youth…