African languages and Wikipedia

Here is a list of Wikipedia in African languages and languages spoken in Africa (thanks Don!):

Swahili http://sw.wikipedia.org/
Arabic http://ar.wikipedia.org/
Afrikaans http://af.wiktionary.org/
Amharic http://am.wikipedia.org/
Wolof http://wo.wikipedia.org/
Lingala http://ln.wikipedia.org/
Malagasy http://mg.wikipedia.org/
Kongo http://kg.wikipedia.org/
Bambara http://bm.wikipedia.org/
Zulu http://zu.wikipedia.org/
Yoruba http://yo.wikipedia.org/
Shona http://sn.wikipedia.org/
Somali http://so.wikipedia.org/
Xhosa http://xh.wikipedia.org/
Kinyarwanda http://rw.wikipedia.org/
Setswana http://tn.wikipedia.org/
Tumbuka http://tum.wikipedia.org/
Twi http://tw.wikipedia.org/
Peul http://ff.wikipedia.org/
Kirundi http://rn.wikipedia.org/
Igbo http://ig.wikipedia.org/
Hausa http://ha.wikipedia.org/
Afar http://aa.wikipedia.org/
Oromo http://om.wikipedia.org/
Sango http://sg.wikipedia.org/
Tsonga http://ts.wikipedia.org/
Kikuyu http://ki.wikipedia.org/
Swati http://ss.wikipedia.org/
Chewa / Nyanja http://ny.wikipedia.org/
Ndonga http://ng.wikipedia.org/
Herero http://hz.wikipedia.org/
Luganda http://lg.wikipedia.org/
Venda http://ve.wikipedia.org/
Kuanyama http://kj.wikipedia.org/
Tigrinya http://ti.wikipedia.org/
Akan http://ak.wikipedia.org/
Ewe http://ee.wikipedia.org/
Kanuri http://kr.wikipedia.org/

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How to Help Technology Help African Entrepreneurs?

Christine Bowers has brought to my attention an online discussion taking place: How to Help Technology Help African Entrepreneurs?

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Use your computer to fight African Humanitarian causes

AFRICA@home is a website for volunteer computing projects which allow your computer to contribute to African humanitarian causes.

As part of this project, volunteer computing is used to fight malaria in Africa. More...

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ICT Africa 2006

In case you are wondering...I was here.
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Now, mark your calendar: ICT Africa 2006.

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Global Voices Is Hiring!

Global Voices is hiring a managing editor.

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Bloggers who covered WSIS in Tunisia

After a long week working on the details of the project I am leading to write a people's constitution in Tanzania using simple social software, I have spent the day reading informative posts from bloggers who attended the WSIS in Tunisia. Here are some of them: Andy, Ethan, WSIS blogs, i-witness (PANOS), APC blog, Civiblog, Rebecca, and ICANN Watch.

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WSIS: Speakers at Expression Under Repression

A panel entitled "Expression Under Repression" was hosted by Hivos and organized by Global Voices during the WSIS summit in Tunisia. Read Ethan's posts about the panel: the opening remarks, Taurai Maduna (from Kubatana), Nart Villeneuve (from Citizen Lab), and Isaac Mao.

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WSIS: Hossein on Iranian Bloggers

Ethan writing from Tunisia: Hossein Derakshan at Expression Under Repression

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Vote for Global Voices: Deadline November 20

Vote for Global Voices for the best English Language blog in the Best of Blogs Awards. The link to where you can cast your vote is here.

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The State of Open Source in Africa

Black Looks has a detailed post on the state of open source software in Africa. Anna, you have to read it!

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Kiswahili/Tanzanian bloggers: Cross-posted at Global Voices

Cross-posted at Global Voices weblog:
Kiswahili bloggers and Latest Voices From Tanzanian Blogosphere.

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Somebody's got to help me...

In my culture, when somebody writes about you like this, people will come running to help you with carrying your head!

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Africa in Camden, Maine

Ethan has written an excellent summary of the sunday morning session at Pop!Tech, which featured 10 young African innovators.

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Congratulations Anna and all Open Cafe folks

Open Cafe celebrated its first birthday on 21 October. One year of building open source communities in Africa. Check out their art initiative, ArtMarketOnline. And their Szavanna blog and OpenCafe blog.

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Pop!Tech Conference

I have been live blogging in Kiswahili the Pop!Tech conference and havent been able to do anything on this blog. However, those who dont speak Kiswahili can follow the conference on Ethan's blog. Yes, and Ory (Kenyan Pundit) is also blogging in English.

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Peter Diamandis: Ndege za Binafsi za Kwenda Sayari za Mbali

This is what happens sometimes when you have more than one blog. I wrote the post below for my primary blog, Jikomboe, but made a mistake of posting it here!

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Peter Diamandis anaongea dakika hii ninayoandika hapa. Huyu bwana kampuni yake inajihusisha na utengenezaji wa ndege za kibiashara za kibinafsi za kurusha watalii kwenda sayari za mbali. Mwaka 2001 Dennis Tito alikuwa ndio mtalii wa kwanza wa sayari za mbali. Safari za aina zinaelezewa kirefu katika kamusi elezo ya kiingereza. Bonyeza hapa.

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Pop!Tech Conference - Camden, Maine

I am in Camden, Maine attending this year's Pop!Tech conference as one of the young African leaders participating in this year's conference. I will mostly blog on primary blogging space, Jikomboe, in Kiswahili. Ethan and Ory are blogging in English...in case you dont speak Kiswahili!

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Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia, Hoder...

Had a good conversation with Jimmy Wales about Kiswahili Wikipedia. I have just written about it on my Kiswahili blog. I have to go to my first session this morning. Ruby Sinreich of Lotus Media is talking about using the web creatively for political activism.

We have just learned that Hoder was not allowed to enter the country. He was going to lead a session later today on International Community and Blogging.

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ConvergeSouth: evening events

As part of the ConvergeSouth evening events, David and Jinni Hoggard have invited conference attendees to their house for barbecue...and that's where I am heading to right now. You can check out ConvergeSouth technorati links. Tommorow I will be working with an intern from Somalia, Warsame Guled, a second year print journalism major at A and T. I guess I may ask him to do some posts here while I am concentrating on my primary blog, Jikomboe. I have to go. After barbecue we have the choice of going to any of these venues ( free for conference participants).

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ConvergeSouth Going On...

ConvergeSouth conference is going on right now. I attended a wonderful session led by Sue Polinsky and Ed Cone. I have a detailed post here (yes, in Kiswahili!). Also a post in Kiswahili about We Media conference.

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