Comments on: Thoughts on Barcamp Africa

By: africacamp (Africa Camp)

africacamp (Africa Camp) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:42:25 +0000

Thoughts on BarCamp Africa: http://whiteafrican.com/2008/09/08/thoughts-on-barcamp-africa/ (via @whiteafrican)

By: Heading to BarCamp Africa - My exectations

Heading to BarCamp Africa - My exectations — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:33:06 +0000

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By: Saul Wainwright

Saul Wainwright — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:10:59 +0000

@John
That sounds so great John. That is exactly our vision for BarcampAfrica is to see more and more propagate throughout the US and beyond. The ability to conference and include a local site in Africa is definately a great idea and is something that we hope to be able to provide with the upcoming BarcampAfrica-Silicon Valley.
I am a South African, who lives 6 months in Oakland and 6 months in SA and have great connections in SA and would be totally interested in helping to organize/support a BarcampAfrica-Cornell with a satellite version in SA and beyond.
Lets make sure to touch base on October 11th.
Cheers

By: John Fereira

John Fereira — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:04:23 +0000

I am going to be attending the BarCampAfrica next weekend. One of my primary reasons for doing so is to investigate the possibility of hosting a future BarCampAfrica at Cornell University. In my case, I don’t work in Silicon Valley, but I did spend about 20 years working there (13 years at HP) and now work at the Agriculture Library (Mann) at Cornell where we have numerous international initiatives, including several that directly target issues in Africa, some directly with institutions in Africa and some in collaboration with FAO. Last November I was one of 40 or so people that spent a week in Zambia on the WorldAgInfo project (www.worldaginfo.org). I am hoping to take back some ideas from the BarCamp to possibly host an event at Cornell with a simultaneous camp in Africa (I have some good contacts in South Africa and Ghana). Obviously the timezone difference wil present a challenge. We have some pretty good video conferencing facilities where I work and if we can find a decent facility in Africa it seems like we could provide a good forum for future communication.

By: Shara Karasic

Shara Karasic — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:26:32 +0000

Thanks for the post.

We are working on a variety of ways to amplify BarCamp Africa, so whatever your bandwidth situation, you will be able to participate. We know some will have problems accessing live streaming, so we’ll also have live Tweeting/blogging as well as archived video. It’s really useful to hear all of your ideas, so keep them coming.

Jon – I’d love to talk to you more about streaming video presentations from Uganda. And if any of you know people who’d like to present from various African countries, please let us know about them.

By: Hans

Hans — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:16:04 +0000

No problem. We all have to do our part to help. 🙂

By: Peter Njenga

Peter Njenga — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:48:22 +0000

A nice initiative.
I hope there’ll be videos for us to download and thereby get a heads up on what will transpire in the event.
Thanks for the info.

By: Hans

Hans — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:45:27 +0000

Thanks for the post. It is a good idea to let people hear about Africa straight from their mouths. The Google sponsorship should help them greatly, as well. Since they are operating on tech, have they thought of contacting the folks at Squidoo.com? They do a lot of work helping charities, too. I am currently trying to get our charity, Africa As One, to work with them. This may be a good choice for them to get even more sponsorship.

By: Kijiji

Kijiji — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:37:04 +0000

I have heard talk of it being organized by Africans in the States? Who are these guys? Twud be nice to know.

kjaz

By: Veronica Henry

Veronica Henry — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:05:46 +0000

I think this is an excellent idea, but also believe the communication with the US needs to extend beyond Silicon Valley and enlist the help and participation from other parts of the country. The skills and talent are out there to make this information exchange successful. We only need to make sure others know about it.