Africa

The first-ever Open Innovation Africa Summit which was held in Naivasha, Kenya from Nov, 29th – Dec 1st, 2010 brought together over 200 thought leaders and innovators from 25 countries across the world to stimulate critical thinking about the role of innovation in sustainable socio-economic development and to contribute...

The success of Ushahidi as both an activist organization and as a technology startup is one that is widely recognized as Africa’s first big ‘garage’ startup success story. The organization was born out of the 2007 post-election unrest in Kenya when Ory Okolloh put out a call to map...

Re-blogged: The Christian Science Monitor – Africa World AIDS Day on Wednesday is a chance to assess the impact of six years of heavy US and international donor funding.   This year on World AIDS Day, we’re likely to hear more of the bad news than the good. This...

There’s a new service coming out from Google, tentatively called “Baraza”, which is the term used for meeting place in Swahili. It’s a service focused on creating ways for Africans to interact and share knowledge by asking and answering questions, many of them hyper local, or of...

As part of activities marking the Global Work Party on 10.10.10; about 5000 events in 170 countries were coordinated by the climate activist group 350.org on October 10, 2010. More than 350 of these events were in Africa. According to 350.org media statements, in the days surrounding the work...

Image via Wikipedia Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Millennium Development Goals Summit United Nations Headquarters New York, New York As Prepared for Delivery – Good afternoon.  Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen. In the Charter of this United Nations, our countries pledged to...

It was whiles in Kenya that I heard the word; “Promulgate” for the first time in my life. According to Dictionary.com; to promulgate means – to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.). Kenya has done it!...

Over 500 Inventors, Makers, Designers & Artists from all over Africa especially, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, South Africa & Burundi convened at the fore-court of the University of Nairobi, Kenya for the 2-day African ingenuity event which actually showed case a cross section of latest and most creative...

Obama’s choice of celebrating Africa’s next 50 years with tomorrow’s leaders has been interpreted by some as a snub to the continent’s current heads of state. I have to disagree. The continent will not achieve success without young African leadership at the helm. Obama’s forum simply says what needs...