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Tech Giant Kenya Shines Abroad With Little For Local Innovators

Charles Wokabi | Nation | October 29, 2012

As far as innovation in the technology world goes, Kenya stands among the giants, with acclaimed titles that have had a massive impact on the global economy. Read More »

Technology From Africa Ensures The Cloud Works When Your Connection Doesn’t

Leo Mirani | Nextgov | May 8, 2013

The “cloud” is great for places that enjoy uninterrupted power and Internet connections. But for large swathes of the world, where blackouts are common and connections unreliable, accessing files stored remotely on the Internet is a massive hassle. Forget about downloading Adobe Creative Suite. Simply working on a Google doc can be aggravating. Read More »

The FrontlineSMS: Credit Story

Sharon Langevin | FrontlineSMS | February 16, 2011

Mobile money is spreading quickly across the globe. The ability to transfer funds from a mobile handset has been hailed as the key to extending financial services to the base of the pyramid. Read More »

Ushahidi Announces Changes to Board of Directors

Juliana Rotich | Ushahidi | August 22, 2012

Ushahidi today announced that its board of directors has appointed three new members, effective September 19th. The new directors are Clay Shirky, David Kobia and Erik Hersman. Read More »

Ushahidi At Five

Erik Hersman | Ushahidi | February 6, 2013

Ushahidi is 5 years old. What started as an ad hoc group of bloggers and technologists scrambling to make sense of the madness that our country was falling into has become a global organization and platform. There was no way we could foresee what would happened in the intervening years...40,000+ deployments of the software in 159 countries means that we did something right. Read More »