I have been involved with Kabissa in various capacities for the past 7 years - as a member, as an adviser and now as the community coordinator, so I would say I am more than qualified to blow the "Kabissa Trumpet".

Look at these two satellite photos of a hamlet in the Darfur region of Sudan. What differences do you see between the first one taken in March 2003 and the second one taken in December 2006?

 

 

Blogger Erik Hersman publishes a report back on the Africa 2.0 Panel recently held in Austin, Texas as part of the SXSW conference

Nigerian Technologist and Social Entrepreneur, Gbenga Sesun reports on the Ajegunle Project set up to create entrepreneurship opportunities using ICTs in one of Lagos's slums with a population of some 3 million people.

The vision of Ajegunle.org is: “[a] new Ajegunle, transformed through the application of Information Communications Technology and Entrepreneurship opportunities; creating role models that will drive socio-economic development in the underserved community.” While the overall objective of the project is to create better livelihoods through ICT opportunities, the project’s specific objectives include capacity building for 25 trainees every quarter. These youth are equipped with ICT and entrepreneurship skills which they pass on to other youth, along with the opportunity to start their own businesses. Three of our trainees have earned the opportunity to intern with the Trade and Investment division of the UK Deputy High Commission in Lagos while another three will soon resume at Afrinvest West Africa.... Continued..........

 

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Tactical Tech's NGO-in-a-box project is a series of innovative toolkits designed to meet the specialised technology needs of non-profit organisations such as NGOs, activists, independent journalists and community groups. As the name suggests, each toolkit is a box containing: * CDs containing specifically selected Free and Open Source Software * easy-to-use tutorials * hands-on guides * informative case studies

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AfriGadget was started by a group of four African bloggers just over 18 months ago. The idea behind the blog was to raise the awareness of alternative technologies created by Africans to solve everyday problems.

Africans have generally been presented as users and or copiers of technologies rather than as innovators. Yet the truth is the continent is full of appropriate technologies developed by ordinary people to solve ordinary everyday problems.

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Two weeks into the Kenyan post election crisis has seen a range of technological initiatives being applied by advocacy groups, Kenyan bloggers and human rights organisations.