Solar water disinfection (SODIS) has been around for quite some time now and with approx. over 340.000 users in Africa alone, this low budget water disinfection “technology” is a smart approach. In areas where piped drinking water just isn’t available or of questionable quality, solar water disinfection is a cheap and effective method for decentralized […]
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TED conference: Kamkwamba builds wind generator
The speech made in July by US president Barack Obama in Accra, Ghana, stressed that Africa must take charge of its own destiny. During the latest TED Global conference held in Oxford (UK) from 21 to 24 of July, the fantasy and the skills of Africans people came out.
Kenya: Nairobi will host Kelele conference
The annual conference of African blogger will be held tomorrow in Nairobi, Kenya. The event will last until the 16th of August. According to the news published on Globavoices.org, “Kelele is an annual African bloggers’ conference which will be held for the first time in August 13th – 16th 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya”. “According to […]
Nigeria: Women and Technology camp is enrolling
We copy and paste a message received on Facebook about the W.Tec camp to be held in August this year in Lagos, Nigeria. This year is their second edition. W.TEC is now accepting nominations for the 2nd edition of its Girls Technology Camp. Targeted at Nigerian secondary school girls, the 1-week residential camp will take […]
Kenya: mobile phone text messages help democracy
Mobile phones text messages in Kenya are quite a good tool for the country’s democracy, one of the strongest in Africa. The Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reports on its website, recalling “a global press freedom group”. As reported on the Daily Nation website, “the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) highlights the Kenyan media’s […]
Norwegian council for Afrika launches blogger list
The Norwegian council for Afrika published yesterday a web page of some of the most well known African bloggers. Su www.afrika.no/blog sarà possibile avere un panorama degli ultimi post dall’Africa. These are the African bloggers listed by the Norwegian council for Afrika:
Italy’s G8 presidency launch digital divide mission
A few days ago a news appeared on the Italian foreign office website, www.esteri.it. It might be an important one for the future of African countries. “E-governance for development” – is written in a press release – “is the new Italian initiative to promote and strengthen, among the activities of the Italian presidency of the […]
Ivory Coast host first conference on cybersecurity
Tomorrow Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, will host the “Cybersecurity in Africa” conference. It will be the first time that such event takes place in the Continent. The meeting, which will be hosted by the President hotel right in the centre of Ivory Coast, West Africa, is organised by the Ivory Coast government and the International organisation […]
Malawi: Open Access 2008 started
Lilongwe (Malawi) is hosting the Open Access 2008 conference. It will last until the 14th of November. It is a very important event because it stresses the importance of access to new technologies as this is supposed to bring social and economical growth.
Ushahidi: Africa is changing
The new Ushahidi, a Swahili word for ‘testimony’, is online. The video you can watch below is a great testimony of how Africa is changing. This ‘change’ is leaded by new technologies that mix mobile phones and the internet. As said on the video, more than this the group behind Ushahidi is the demonstration that […]