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.
Read more!3/30/2005
WOMEN OF UGANDA NETWORK
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is a non-governmental organisation in Uganda that develops the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among women as tools to share information and address relevant issues collectively. Here.
Read more!3/20/2005
SHORT MOVIE CLIP BY CREATIVE COMMONS (SOUTH AFRICA)
Here is an interesting moving about the never ending cycle of knowledge and ideas from Creative Commons (South Africa).
Read more!3/13/2005
ComICT Project: COMPUTER AND INTERNET PROJECT IN RURAL CAMEROON
ComICT project is working to bridge the digital divide in rural Cameroon. Here.
Read more!3/06/2005
AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
African Languages Technology Initiative (Alt-I) was set up to facilitate development of the necessary resources that will enable the engagement of information communication technologies (ICT) in African Languages. The initiative has already designed a Yoruba keyboard, which is being used in CAWD first project in Oke-Ogun rural community.
Another interesting project in South Africa is African Speech Technology at University of Stellenbosch.
Bridging the Digital Divide in a Nigerian Village
Committee for African Welfare and Development (CAWD) is a UK-registered charity organization aiming to bridge the digital divide and bring new opportunities in Africa. Its first project is in Oke-Ogun in Nigeria. More info here.
Read more!3/02/2005
EDUVISION: BRIDGING THE EDUCATIONAL AND DIGITAL DIVIDE IN RURAL KENYA
EduVision is empowering students in a remote Kenyan village to have access to a library of some 15 million books! Here.
Read more!2/27/2005
AN AFRICAN VILLAGE IN CYBERSPACE
Visit Kijiji cha Lunga (Lunga Village) in Tanzania...virtually, of course! Here.
Read more!AFRIAFYA: ICT FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH
AfriAfya is a Kenyan network of health information management and communication.
Read more!FIRST VOICE INTERNATIONAL: PROJECTS IN AFRICA
First Voice is the catalyst for sharing knowledge and information to rural and urban population Africa and Asia. Click here to see their project in Africa since 1999.
Read more!2/26/2005
RESEARCH ICT AFRICA
Research ICT Africa deals with the development of a sustainable information society and knowledge economy on the African continent by building information communication technology (ICT) policy and regulatory research capacity in Africa. Visit them here.
Read more!LINK: ICT RESEARCH, POLICY, TRAINING, ETC IN SOUTH AFRICA
Link is a leading body in ICT policy, training, and research in South Africa.
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