Google’s Eric Schmidt on his views of Technology in Africa
Originally posted on Google+ by Eric Schmidt A Week of Africa [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="543"] Eric Schmidt (R), Google Executive Chairman with Erik Hersman (L) at Pete’s Coffee, iHub.[/caption] After a week of business meetings in the cities of sub-Saharan Africa, we can surely say three things are new for the continent: a) the despotic leadership in Africa from the 1970s and 1980 is in ...
Cloud computing enabling Entrepreneurship in Africa
From the Google Developer Blog: Dave Humby, CTO of Nomanini - a startup based in South Africa which provides a platform to sell prepaid products such as airtime, electricity and insurance electronically is giving local South African youths an opportunity to enter into business with their devices. Nomanini uses Google App Engine to support the back-end system for their network of point of sale terminals across S...
30 Brilliant African Tech Startups To Watch
From the Ventureburn.com blog: 30 African startups were profiled. Their selections were based on the startup coming from an African root and secondly, it been just brilliant. From Transport apps: TaxiRank - South Africa Down in Cape Town, Taxi Rank makes it easy for the city’s 4-million citizens to catch a cab. Simply enter your pick-up and drop-off destinations to compare estimated quotes from multiple cab co...
Understanding Barriers to Mobile Internet adoption in Kenya and Ghana
From the Google Africa Blog: Paul Lee, Senior Product Manager from Google.org shares on his trip to Africa (Ghana and Kenya). Google.org partnered with the iHub Research to carry out field research on mobile internet and other areas. Below are key highlights from their research in Ghana from August 2012. - Mobile data users spend more money to make calls and send SMS messages than to use mobile Interne...
Google+ African Brothers Commercial
Google is out with a new internet commercial Google+ African Brothers which aims to encourage families to sign up on Google+ -- Google's social network. Google Plus is part Twitter, part Facebook and part Beluga. It gives you yet another way to build a social network and share information with other people. Google first launched Google Plus as a private beta with limited invites according to HowStuffsWorks [y...
In memoriam across the globe: Chinua Achebe | african perspectives says:
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Great job, Mac-Jordan. I like how you're able to use digital media in your articles. I look forward to the partnership between BloggingGhana & Internews. I think it will be a great one. Thumbs up & enjoy your stay in the US.macjay10 says:
To be honest, I don’t value Valentine’s Day. I see the day just as a normal day, hence no significance to me. Maybe it’s a day to value, but love should exist every day. It is important that we value the people we love on a daily basis, especially in our society, where there is so much abuse and hurt.Oh Canana says:
I look forward to any day that allows me to show my loved ones how special they are and how much I appreciate them. Days like Valentine's day allow me to tell them that despite all the challenges of life and our hectic schedules, I dedicate this "Thursday" to them. I have nothing to loose by bringing a little joy to the face of a loved one that I may not have had time to appreciate recently.Africa's Mobile Technological Revolution In Numbers says:
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