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African Civil Society Network

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Kabissa ranks 2973 in Africa and 198 in Africa General. According to site visitors it ranks 7824, and 7825 according to page views:

According to blogroll links it ranks 390 and 590 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts

Journalists under horror and constant arrests as well as reside i

Journalists under horror and constant arrests and reside in hands of press freedom predators   The Somali Journalist Rights Agency (SOJRA) steadfastly condemned the arrest of the vulnerable journalis Somali Journalists Rights Association Blog read more

Whoa - Media Temple is changing all mysql database passwords on i

I enthusiastically recommend (mt) Grid-Service. So I am rather surprised to get news on Friday, explaining that they are changing database passwords for all (mt) Grid-Service accounts. If you host your website on (mt) Grid-Service, you will need to pay attention to the notifications and do what it takes to

Free tour of the Twitter world in 60 minutes by Allen Gunn of @as

Many Kabissa members have been asking recently about twitter, how @kabissa uses it and how it relates to them. Learn more online through a free webinar led by Allen Gunn of @aspirationtech - spaces will be limited so click http://ow.ly/1giXZ to sign up now!   Connect read more

Who's going to DrupalCon San Francisco April 19-21 2010?

I just received notice of the next Drupal Convention coming up next month, and am curious to see if African developers are planning to attend or contribute. Drupal is the open source platform that powers the Kabissa community website, and DrupalCon is always a much heralded and powerful event. Follow

Technology Advocates for Violence Prevention - TAVP

Please check out W.TEC's entry for Changemaker's Preventing Violence Against Women competition: http://bit.ly/9yXa9p. Comments & votes appreciated. Connect read more

First Solar Powered Rural Internet Kiosk installed in the South

Ukunda, Kenya, February 27, 2010 – For the first time, a Rural Internet Kiosk (RIK) has been installed for rural youth empowerment in Africa. Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development (VOA4SD) is building the capacity of local youth to empower themselves through the Internet and social enterprise. The community based

Finding ICT Answers in Benin

In my last post, I wrote about key questions to ask before adding ICTs to a development initiative, using the example of a violence against children program I’m working on in Benin. The piece that was missing, and which came together over the past 2 weeks, was the view from the ground.

Maasai Girls Education Fund Launches a New Website

I am excited to announce that the Maasai Girls Education Fund has a new Web site. Please visit the site and read about what we are doing in Kenya to improve the lives of Maasai girls, women, and their communities through education.  The site is easy to navigate, informative, and contains many

1Microfinance and Microbrews Follow-up!

Thanks to everyone in the Kabissa and Connect Pacific Northwest Community for your interest and support of Lumana Credit! The Microfinance and Microbrews event, hosted by Seattle Microfinance last Thursday, was a great success. We had a large turn-out of about 100-150 folks who came to learn about Lumana's goals

Microfinance and Microbrews event

I would like to invite you to the Microfinance and Microbrews event hosted by Seattle Microfinance, showcasing Lumana Credit, a microfinance institution based in Atorkor, Ghana that focuses on business education as a tool for poverty alleviation. The event will take place today, the 18th, at 6pm at Pyramid Alehouse.

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