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 [...]

The Story behind “Assetmap.org/Uganda”

As you know, we’re currently competing in Netsquared’s Mashup Challenge competition with our project, “Assetmap.org/Uganda”
The project is built around the simple idea that average citizens could play an important role in helping community-led development and civil society transition after conflict around the world. As we write on the “big idea” page of assetmap.org/uganda, the challenge [...]