Dispatches about technology and digital trends in Africa
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I've really getting neurotic about mobile phones. Not so much in developing for them or their being the new-new data platform but mainly due to the fixation in how Africa is the fastest growing mobile market in the world. Yes, it's true, but that's because penetration is so
I am seriously the Mister Grumpypants after last weekend. It's not because I didn't enjoy BarCamp Abidjan--I did. It's not because I didn't meet interesting people--I did such as a good chunk of the Google Africa team were there among others. It's not because the internet connection
The BBC has put together a nice, animated map showing how internet penetration has spread over the world up through 2008 (not sure why 2009 is the ugly stepchild year in all of this.) As is usual, the big blank spot on there is Africa, with the exception of
The Kamusi Project has just tossed their hat in to the ring of folks who are working to get African languages adapted to 21st century technology terminology. They made the official announcement about a site they've set up to try and further the goals of getting Swahili words adapted
The picture above pretty much reiterates the title more than anything I could hope to explain. Sadly, I see wrecks like this all the time when making the trip from Abengourou to Abidjan. I also saw then in Ghana, as well as in Congo. Typically they stem
This article on Koranteng's Toli was a great read. Actually, in general, his blog is a great read, but this article really stuck out as it's about the fact that Ghana doesn't appear to exist in the world of Apple: Yes, take your i-something, open the Contacts App, create a
I am typing this on a laptop that is just nearly four years old. This day and age, I can easily afford to upgrade. I mean, I could purchase a new Thinkpad (my preferred model) for as little as $450 USD, which is an amount that most any
There is nothing that media in general loves more than a catchy, snappy title to an event. Thus, their calling the dissolution of Côte d'Ivoire's government, "The Valentine's Crisis" looked to be the defining term for the event, at least in the local media. Naturally, this was flawed
I was lucky in coming to Côte d'Ivoire as my wife arrived before I did and took care of a great many of the tedious things such as finding a house, buying furniture, and killing the cockroaches from the rainy season. I had to take on the fun things
"Je suis low batt." In French, this literally means, "I am low battery." It doesn't make much sense on its own, but in the context of how Michaela Wrong talked about it in her book, "In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz" it is a phrase that she uses
