Kenya
Wajibu Magazine: Redefining ourselves in Kenya
“People who ignore their history are bound to repeat it” (Desmond Tutu)
If we really wish never again to see a repetition of the traumatic events that we experienced after the 2007 elections, we CANNOT AND WE MUST NOT bury the memory of what happened in the early months of 2008.
1st Media and Gender Violence Conference in East Africa
1. Event Title: 1st Media and Gender Violence Conference in East Africa
2. Dates: Monday, September 15th - Friday, September 19th 2008
3. Conference Theme: ‘Working With the Media To Eradicate Gender Based Violence'
4. Venue: Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi Kenya
1st National 1st International Dance For Peace and Governance Conference and Festival In Eastern Africa
1. Event Title: 1st National 1st International Dance For Peace and Governance Conference and Festival In Eastern Africa
2. Dates: Tuesday, 27th September - Thursday, September 30th 2008
3. Conference Theme: "Celebrating the Role Of Cultural Dance In Peace Building and Governance In National
Development"
4. Venue: Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi Kenya
2nd National Conference on HIV/AIDS and Gender Based Sexual Violence among Female Bar Workers in Kenya
1. Event Title: 2nd National Conference on HIV/AIDS and Gender Based Sexual Violence among Female Bar Workers in Kenya
2. Dates: Monday, September 29th - Wednesday September 31st 2008
3. Venue: Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi Kenya
4. Conference Organizers: The Kenya Bar Hostess AIDS Programme and Purple Images Productions
1ST National Conference on e-Commerce and the Youth in Kenya
Free Emergency Services Calls for rural mobile phoner users
The service was officially launched last week in Kenya and will provide mobile phones AND connectivity to health workers and villagers in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The service is jointly funded by Ericson and a Kuwaiti wireless carrier, Zain.
Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use
MobileActive.org shared news of the release of a new report on Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use.
African projects fares well in the N2Y3 Netsquared Mashup Competition!
I'm pleased to see that Ushahidi and nearly all of the projects I supported made it to the finalists stage! There were few African projects in the running but there were some really good ones and I think in fact that most of the winning projects show terrific potential to be very beneficial for Africa. Congratulations everyone!
New ways to send remittances
African blogger White African raises the issue of the middleman on African Remittances which is a $billion market. Before I continue I think it is important to also note speak about the "African Brain Drain" which in one sense is the other side of the remittance issue being that those who leave Africa to work in the West are the ones largely responsible for remittances.
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