The Paradigm Project Launches Webseries Bringing Awareness to the Dangers of Cooking Over Open Fires in Africa
Stove Man is a new webseries launched by The Paradigm Project to help bring some laughs and awareness to the dangers of cooking over open fires in developing countries. The series follows project founder Greg Spencer and his friend and activist-in-arms Austin Mann as they travel around Africa delivering low-cost cook stoves to people in [...]
Read MoreKenya Launches Africa’s First Mobile App Lab
This is an exciting time in Kenya as they step into the mobile spectrum, recently launching Africa’s first mobile apps lab. The lab, named mLab, aims to promote innovation and entrepreneurship within the Kenyan community, with a focus on Web and mobile services. mLab will provide a full range of resources and initiatives including training, [...]
Read MoreAfrican Economy Showing Growth – Including Technology
TechCrunch writer, John Evans wrote about his personal experience in seeing the growth in sub-Saharan African’s economy: Don’t look now, but sub-Saharan Africa is booming. Since 2003 its growth has been skyrocketing, and, to quote none other than McKinsey, “today the rate of return on foreign investment in Africa is higher than in any other [...]
Read MoreAfrica’s Internet Censorship Dilemma
Troubles with Internet Censorship on the African continent stretch far beyond what we’ve heard from countries like Egypt. Ethiopia, Uganda, Ivory Coast and others have begun filtering the web in fear of protest movements gaining popularity and using social media to organize. With an Internet penetration rate of only 0.5 percent, the state-owned Ethiopian networking [...]
Read MoreAfrica’s Mobile Explosion Mirrors Mobile Use in U.S.
According to a report by Wireless Intelligence, African mobile connections reached about 547.5 million during the last three months of 2010 compared to about 523.6 million connections in Western Europe. Mobile price wars have also drastically increased on the continent, started primarily by Kenya mobile operator Airtel. In August of 2010, they slashed prices by [...]
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 [...]
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