Timbuktu Chronicles seeks to spur dialogue in areas of entrepreneurship, technology and the scientific method as it impacts Africa.
Timbuktu Chronicles ranks 38 in Africa and 1 in Africa General. According to site visitors it ranks 215, and 251 according to page views:
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The NYTimes reports:Rob Torcellini says...“There’s alternate ways of growing food,” “I don’t want to push it down people’s throats, but if someone’s interested, I’d like to show them you can do this with cheap parts and a little bit of Yankee ingenuity.”It’s all part of a home experiment he is
Kevin Kelly on the emergence of DIY Biotech. Garages in Nairobi,Accra Lagos et al. take note:One day, we knew, biotech would become so easy and so cheap that two guys in a garage could hack life in the way kids hack code. That day is now here. Exhibit A is
Founded by Petna Ndaliko Katondolo and Yehudi Van de Pol, Alkebu:...was initiated to develop the production of inventive, mindful and authentic works in the resourceful worlds of audiovisual and new technology...it aims at producing challenging work by exploring the narrative possibilities of creative imagination, documentary, feature films, music videos and
In Makezine Dale Dougherty on the next step in making: What I see happening is that makers are discovering more opportunities to go into business, to go pro. It is becoming easier for makers to design, develop, and distribute products as well as offer services. It doesn't mean they will succeed
"...Map Kibera trained 13 youth, one from each village of Kibera, in the tools and techniques of OpenStreetMap. Over three weeks, assisted by local GIS professionals, the youth collected data with GPS units and edited their map using open source software. Since we were newcomers to Kibera, this was made
Open Source House (OS-House) has launched a competition:...to design a sustainable, flexible and locally embedded family house for a specific location in Ghana. The modular construction should be suitable for local implementation and affordable for its future owners. The winning design(s) will be built in Ghana.Related articles by ZemantaCyber-City (timbuktuchronicles.blogspot.com)Open
233Tech reports The Ghana Cyber City:The $40 million Ghana Cyber City (formerly Ghana Technology Park) is designed to facilitate incubation of innovative firms, manage offshore IT and business process outsourcing ventures, and seek to create 5,000 jobs in 5 years. GCC will also provide high tech office space and a
Wana Energy's "...main focus is to service comprehensive needs of her customers in organised homesteads, light commercial industries, and private homes through distribution, installation and maintenance of bulk and cylinder Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)..."via BidNetwork
Image via CrunchBaseIn the NYTimes:...Ushahidi represents the new frontier of innovation. Silicon Valley has long been the reigning paradigm of innovation, with its ecosystem of universities, financiers, mentors, immigrants and robust patents. Ushahidi comes from another world, in which entrepreneurship is born of hardship and innovators focus on doing more
New Scientist reports:In the heart of Africa's savannah lies a city that is a model of sustainable development. Its buttressed towers are built entirely from natural, biodegradable materials. Its inhabitants live and work in quarters that are air-conditioned and humidity-regulated, without consuming a single watt of electricity. Water comes from
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