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U.S. State Department’s Conversation with African Innovators

Last week representatives from the U.S. State Department Elana Berkowitz and Bruce Wharton reached out directly to innovators in East Africa to discuss the Apps ...
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Fostering Innovation in Schools

I’m no expert in Education but I do think about it a great deal. For instance: Why do some schools turn out successful students while ...
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When the Fish Call the Fisherman

Fishermen in Kenya may never have to look for fish anymore. As The Nation reports; Relax, The Fish Will Call the Fisherman. Mr Pascal Katana, a ...
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Microsoft Validates Ushahidi, Invalidates Vine

A million monkeys banging on a typewriter will inevitably string a few phrases together, two of those monkeys will likely type the same phrase as ...
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The World’s Innovation Clusters

In my post “What is Africa Good At?” I wrote: Sure, some of the concepts that worked first in Africa (like mobile banking) are spread throughout ...
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