Tunafunga Pamoja
A blog by brianherbert
Blog description:
A blog covering technology in Africa.
Blog Rank:
Tunafunga Pamoja ranks 1891 in Africa and 129 in Africa General. According to site visitors it ranks 2044, and 2137 according to page views:
According to blogroll links it ranks 4015 and 4015 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts
Esoko and Google Trader
Google is launching a new market information system service in Uganda called Google Trader. It’s a system that allows individuals with cell phones to post buy/sell offers and to obtain information related to farming and health. Because of the buzz surrounding this announcement, I thought it would be worthwhile
Bluehost is Silencing Zimbabweian Bloggers
I just wanted to write a quick post to raise some awareness about something that happened today. Bluehost disabled the account of the Kubatana NGO. Bluehost is claiming they had to shut it down due to US sanctions against Zimbabwe. However, if one reads the list of Specially Designated Nationals,
Moving Back to Africa
I’ve been accepted for a 6 month position at a company in Accra, Ghana called BusyLab. My position is focused around PHP/SQL development and I’ll be working directly with the team of Ghanian developers there as well as a few other Westerners. I’m still trying to nail down flight
Kenya ICT Board To Establish 300 E-Centres
Through the Government of Kenya’s state corporation, Kenya ICT Board, in collaboration with the World Bank is rolling out a massive 300 information centers - the digital villages. Ten of these will be up and running by the end of this year. These efforts are geared towards enabling
E-Learning Experience at the UCRC
Sadiki Mwita is a clinical officer with the St. Paul’s Health Centre which is an initiative of the Ugunja Community Resource Centre (UCRC). His is an interesting case of how ICT training at the UCRC is changing lives through a Microsoft Unlimited Potential (UP) grant. Having spent a
Afrigator Acquired
It was announced today that the blog aggregator, Afrigator, is being taken over by MIH Print Africa. Naspers Limited, MIH’s parent company is a multinational media company that has its hands in both traditional as well as new media. Their holdings include websites that target a number of
BarCamp Africa - To Be Hosted By Google
There was some Twitter buzz a couple hours ago that Google has stepped up to the plate to host BarCamp Africa at their Mountain View campus. For those that don’t know, BarCamp is an “unconference” where most (if not all) attendees contribute to the knowledge shared either through informal
Ushahidi - The Crisis Mashup Evolved
When violence broke out in Kenya a few months ago, there were scattered rumors and reports of all sorts of atrocities happening in the country. Churches were burned, reports of police brutality surfaced and riots broke out across the country. It was virtually impossible to keep track of everything
Localization of Software in Africa
Software developers will often times write their code in such a way that it can be adapted for people who are different culturally, speaking various languages and using different alphabets. Being able to use software in ones native language is valuable in that it gives the user a more
Zebra Jobs - African Job Search
Since today is Labor Day, a day off for “working citizens”, here in the States, I thought I would highlight the Ethopian based African startup Zebra Jobs. This is a website that’s comparable to CareerBuilder.com or Yahoo! HotJobs. Not only is Zebra a job board, but it also offers
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