Comments on: African Technology Powerhouses

By: ur mom

ur mom — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:45:25 +0000

there is such thing as white Africans?????

By: shel israel

shel israel — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:02:58 +0000

Erik,
I emailed you the SAP Survey Qs, but got bounceback. Did you get them in the end? Do you have a 2nd email address?

By: Grandiose Parlor » Blog Archive » Innovative Technology in Africa

Grandiose Parlor » Blog Archive » Innovative Technology in Africa — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:23:32 +0000

[...] White African blog writes: “there are three main areas of web technology innovation in Africa, three regions that define it…These three countries are Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. They represent the power nexus of Africas technological future.” [...]

By: Imnakoya

Imnakoya — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:45:43 +0000

Good post. I think Rwanda probably deserves a mention, not only because of their innovative, ground breaking, and award winning venture into cheap energy- biogas, Rwanda achieved this feat just a couple of years after going through one of the most horrific genocidal calamity in African history... See: Innovative Technology in Africa

By: Robert Bruce

Robert Bruce — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:10:16 +0000

Erik,

I work for the parent company in UK of UUNET regionally hq’d in Jo’burg. It’ll be interesting to see what we can do to help you with the project. I’ll download the pdf off Changethis and if there is some more detail, email me to let me know and I’ll email you back my office address.

By: Ntwiga

Ntwiga — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:17:25 +0000

I have been trying to write an essay on EASSy that is turning out to be my Moby Dick and I have to tell you, while EASSy is badly needed in East Africa, to be brutally honest, the business model behind the implementation that is being carried out sucks bug time. It will do absolutely nothing for the bottom feeder internet user like you or me. If anything, internet access prices may paradoxically go up! Thanks for the links to stuff happening outside Kenya, the "Space to Space" link was particularly interesting since there is a similar phenomenon in Kenya called "Simu ya Jamii" - literally "The community/family phone" which is basically a battery/solar powered GSM desktop phone. Here is another link for you, a paper by Nyaki Adeya on "Wireless Technologies and Development in Africa". The paper deals with the idea that mobile telephony could potentially be supplied at 1/6th the current cost as well as some real implementations of solutions using mobile technology.

By: JKE

JKE — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:20:34 +0000

Dude, you forgot the blogosphere on the continent. That may not be a new technology emerging, but it sure is a driving force that will see more acceptance and understanding for web technology and the need to invest into anything web-alike as ppl have found the web to be a great way to communicate and interact. ~ the passive factor…

By: maitha

maitha — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:22:35 +0000

Hash , the solo project is actually being fronted by Nigerians plus there is a Linux Distro ( wazobia) which supports three native nigerian languages so I think they deserve a spot on the african digerati map