Category Archives: Web

Innovation in a black tie

..As one of the most exciting and significant bi-monthly networking sessions for people in IT and Telecoms, The Innovation Dinner Series brings together decision makers and top-flight speakers to discuss burning issues in the ICT Industry.- ITNews Africa
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G|Uganda Recap

Google's G|Uganda Conference held at Kampala's Speke Resort Munyonyo. On September 1st Kampala saw the kick off of Google’s gUganda, which was held at ...
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Coming Soon, Twitter in Your Language!

Long limited to English and Japanese, Twitter is crowd-sourcing translations for its interface. Starting with German, French, Spanish, and Italian, Twitter is going multi-lingual. ...
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Quick Hits for Tech and Africa

Wayan Vota reports that broadband boosts GDP more than mobiles. WorldChanging has a series of posts listing their favorite blogs, divided by subject. The NYT features ...
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Amazing Visualization of “Good Morning” Tweets from Around the World

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World’s Biggest Classifieds Come to Kenya

Craigslist has been available for Egypt (Cairo) and South Africa (Johannesburg) for quite some time, so it’s a great pleasure to see it arrive ...
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Google News Senegal has Arrived!

Google continues to expand into Africa with Google News Senegal, or rather, Google Actualités pour le Sénégal. The service pulls news from major Senegalese newspapers, ...
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SXSW 2010 Voting Opens

It’s that time of year again! South by Southwest is the premier event for companies on the cutting edge of Web, Film and Music. Each ...
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Great Companies Targeting African Innovators

Our mission at Appfrica is to explore the latest news and technology trends in the African context. We’re excited to have such a great group ...
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MCC Launches Monitoring and Evaluation Portal

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) just launched a new part of their website that allows readers to browse their performance by country and sector. While ...
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