Incubating Innovation in Accra, Ghana
MEST (Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology) has a committed mission of creating jobs and wealth locally in Accra, Ghana by training individuals to be software entrepreneurs. The program is an intense two year program with the end game being that each individual who graduates will be more than capable of starting their own company. Find out more information inside.
Read MoreBridging the Digital Divide in Africa
Africa has 333 million mobile subscribers, and it is one of the fastest growing markets for wireless phones. However, less than ten percent of the continent’s population has access to the Internet. Compare that to the 77.3 percent of the users in the United States who have access to the Internet. Africa’s low broadband penetration [...]
Read MoreIntroducing Limbe Labs
Located in central West Africa, on the shores of the seaside town of Limbe, Limbe Labs is a technology consulting and outsourcing business. Limbe Labs defines themselves as “a group of idealists and technologists united with local partners to contribute to the growing knowledge-based economy in Cameroon and greater Central and West Africa.” They have [...]
Read MoreiHub: Technology Creativity in Nairobi, Kenya
Silicon Valley is not the only place where new tech companies are born. Throughout the world, technological advances are made by the hourly. In fact, the country of Africa has a burgeoning tech effort and today we focus on iHub which is based out of Nairobi, Kenya. iHub, which is called the Innovation Hub, is “an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area. Find out more details inside.
Read MoreKibera, Kenya Gains “Voice” Through Crowdsourcing
Social Media is causing change throughout the entire world. This story takes us over to Africa, the country of Kenya and the small town of Kibera. Kibera is located on the outskirts of the capital of Kenya (Nairobi), and is home to thousands of people. Beginning in November of 2009, thirty of the residents used global positioning software to establish the location of such landmarks as roads and health clinics and uploaded the resulting map onto the Open Street Map website where anyone can update a map. Read inside to find out how this country mapped itself from a thick forest to an actual city.
Read MoreTech for a Good Cause: Mobile Tech Aid to Africa
Instead of figuring out how to protect, transport, and distribute relief aid in the form of cash to villages spread out across the African country of Niger, the group Concern Worldwide is testing a new program that distributes cell phones with store credits on them that allow individuals to transfer money to vendors to buy the things they need.
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