Barcamp Nairobi and the next hubs of innovation

Last weekend, the folks from AfriGadget, Ushahidi, and a bunch of others helped organize “Barcamp Nairobi” a (non) conference meet-up that brought together programmers, social activists, mobile phone enthusiasts and technologists to get to know one another and share ideas.
The topics ranged from ICT and rural energy (as presented by LightingupKenya.org) to women bloggers to [...]

When does this critique become its own cliche?

With an indignation that can barely fit in 500 words, long time Der Spiegel East Africa correspondent Thilo Thielke writes an Easterly-esque crowd pleaser: “Development Aid Workers Are Killing Africa.”
It would have some valuable points if it wasn’t so predictably wrapped up in its own rancor. His basic argument is that the “planned economy” that [...]