Tunafunga Pamoja
A blog by brianherbert
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A blog covering technology in Africa.
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Remove the Invite Box from GMail
I like clean interfaces and the GMail interface is pretty simplistic and straightforward. However, the annoying “Invite a Friend” box on the left hand side of the page has been staring me in the face for years. Unfortunately there is no way to turn this off. If you want
Failed to Push Refs to Repository in Git
I was attempting to push changes to my Git repository and got the following error message: error: failed to push some refs to '[Location of Git Repository]‘ To fix this error, all that needs to be done is a pull. This will update will “fast-forward” your local repository and
Restore File in Git
Ushahidi is an open source project I work on that uses a Git repository for its code. Before this project, I had never used Git before. All of my previous projects used CVS or SVN so there has been a bit of a learning curve getting into this new
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
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