From 25-27 May, 2005, participants from around Africa and the world will gather to strategise towards the realisation of an African Digital Information Commons. Here for detailed information.
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4/21/2005
TANZANIA'S FIRST INTERNET ELECTION?
This year's presidential election in Tanzania might be rightly called the first "internet" election. I will be blogging more information on this between now and October. Visit this innovative website that covers election news and issues (in Kiswahili). Here.
Read more!TEXT MESSAGING FOR JOBS IN KENYA
People who don't have easy access to the Internet in Kenya are using sms to search for jobs. Read the complete story here.
Read more!4/17/2005
AFROGEEKS CONFERENCE IN SANTA BARBARA
This year's Afrogeeks conference is taking place in May19-21, 2005 at the university of california, Santa Barbara. I will take part in the panel discussion moderated by Bruce Bimber, on May 21. The title of the panel is: Geek Speak: Decipherin' Digital Heiroglyphs.
The theme of the conference is Global Blackness and Digital Public Sphere.
This is the panel:
1:30-2:45
Panel: Geek Speak: Decipherin’ Digital Heiroglyphs
Moderator: Bruce Bimber
Ndesanjo Macha "Decolonizing the African Blogsphere: The Case of Kiswahili"
Jarita C. Holbrook "Cultural Astronomy, Black Physicists, and Total Solar Eclipses"
Skip Ellis "Project NEEM: Technology for Enhancement of Distributed Meetings"
Here is the full program. Visit this site for last year's conference.
4/04/2005
SIMPUTER: KEY TO SOLVING AFRICA'S DIGITAL DIVIDE?
Is simputer one of the solutions to problems of access in Africa? Read here and here.
Read more!WATER BOTTLE WIFI IN MALI!
In the great tradition of DIY wireless comes another project underway in Mali. The project is investigating best practices for building small DIY antennas and router enclosures at low-cost to serve the Malian television and WiFi markets. Designs were taken from numerous sources and adapted to use materials readily available in Mali such as plastic water bottles (peep the “BottleNet” antenna at right), used motorbike valve stems, and window screen mesh. More...
Read more!4/01/2005
NetTel@Africa
NetTel@Africa is a network for capacity building, knowledge exchange in ICT policy, regulation, and applications.
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