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Is the Internet constraining how we develop as individuals?

6 March 2010

Whilst in Nairobi Kenya on 3rd February 2010, I was invited by the BBC World Service to join a discussion on “Is the Internet constraining how we develop as individuals?”. The week day radio show was “World Have Your Say” and that happened to be my second time on the programme. That day’s programme was [...]

A review of MTN Nigeria Mobile Broadband service

21 February 2010

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I picked-up an MTN Nigeria mobile broadband kit recently and have used it heavily, since then. Find below my review of the service. The entire kit cost N18,650: HSDPA USB stick: N8,500 MTN SIM: N150 Airtime: N10,000 (24/7 monthly plan) The MTN agent asked for an ID and passport photo. As I had no prior knowledge they would demand this, [...]

Sighting Mount Kilimanjaro

8 February 2010

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We were cruising at an altitude of about 34,000 feet from the coastal town of Mombasa headed for Nairobi when the voice of the Kenya Airways pilot broke into the quietness of the flight. I took it to be another routine announcement but it turned out to be different: ‘…for those seated on the left side [...]

Erik introduces iHub @ Skunkworks in Nairobi, Kenya

3 February 2010

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I was privileged to be at last night’s Skunkworks meeting. The 2-hour meeting held at KCCT Teleposta Towers focused on a new project aimed at physically bringing the tech community in Nairobi & environs together. The audience included staff from Kenyan Youth Fund, staff from Kenyan ICT Board, freelancers, application developers, 4 members of the iHub [...]

Kenya’s Tourism Industry is back & a trip to Nairobi National Park

2 February 2010

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Kenya’s tourism industry is back at full steam with earnings from tourism back to where they were before the 2007-2008 Kenyan electoral crisis. I watched Kenya’s Tourism Minister, Najib Balala, confirm the growth in an NTV news report a few days ago. Information available from Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism website further confirms the sharp decline in [...]

Earthquake scare in Ghana. Is Ghana prepared?

18 January 2010

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I woke up to a news report about an earth quake scare in Ghana. An earth quake was supposed to have happened somewhere close to where I live. Yet, I had slept soundly all night and was not ruffled at any point by the earth shaking. It all started with a call I got from a [...]

A review of MTN Ghana Mobile Broadband service

24 December 2009

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With over 7.4 million subscribers as of September 2009, MTN is easily Ghana’s leading telecommunications network, offering mobile telephony services, Internet connectivity and more. I recently picked up an MTN “Exclusive 3G Pack” for 100 Ghana Cedis (about $69) and have used it extensively for about 14 days mainly in Accra. The information below is based [...]

How I found my way to MEST Accra on Google Maps Mobile

22 December 2009

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Meltwater Entrepreneural School of Technology (MEST) in East Legon (a suburb of Accra, Ghana) was the venue of the just-concluded BarCamp Ghana 2009. Aside having interacted with some of the entrepreneurs-in-training (as their students are called) in the past, I knew little about MEST and had no idea of its exact location within East Legon. I [...]

BarCamp Ghana 2009: GhanaBlogging.com Break-out Session

21 December 2009

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GhanaBlogging.com Break-out Session started at 15:20pm and is moderated by Kajsa Hallberg Adu. She started blogged to tell people back home (Sweden) about life abroad (Ghana). Blogging is a conversation and so she sort to meet other bloggers, thus facilitating the creation of GhanaBlogging.com Steve Danso blogs about how technology can affect our business. He blogs [...]

Maksi Clothing: A Fresh Fashion House launches in Accra

2 December 2009

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It was a night of glitz and glamour. Last Friday 27th November 2009 was the night and the poolside of African Regent Hotel was the venue. It was a night that witnessed the colourful launch of Maksi Clothing. Maksi Clothing is a new fashion line created by two young Ghanaians who are out to raise the [...]

Expressions: Literary & Arts Night featuring Ghana Bloggers

2 December 2009

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Expressions is a monthly event revolving around a literary & arts night. It is hosted by DK Osei-Yaw and this month’s event features Ghana Bloggers. It is to be held at Smoothy’s on Upper Oxford Street in Osu, Accra. It comes-up this Friday 4th December 2009 @ 7pm prompt. Ghana Bloggers can be found at www.ghanablogging.com

Effective Blogging: How to generate links to your blog from other websites

1 December 2009

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This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused on how to blog more effectively. In an earlier post titled “How to be a better blogger“, Kenyatykoon asked: “how should i ask for back links from blogs that are more popular than mine but in the same niche?? there are a few that i [...]

Cyber crime in Ghana: How to tackle the menace

16 November 2009

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The following was what I extracted from a presentation as a part of Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Accra Remote Hub Participation. Cyber crime in Ghana: How to tackle the menace as presented by Charles Nelson of “Youth Against Cyber Crime”. Cybercrime can be described as crime perpetrated by the assistance, use of and enabling of technology and [...]

Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Accra Remote Hub Participation

16 November 2009

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I am participating remotely in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2009 currently going on in Egypt, from Accra. The Accra remote hub participation is under the theme “Internet Governance – Creating Opportunities for Ghana”. Promoting IPv6 adoption in Ghana: An important step towards bridging the digital divide was presented by Ivy Tuffour of AITI-KACE. I spoke on [...]

Movie Review: A Sting In A Tale

13 November 2009

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Around this time last Friday night, I was well-seated in the Accra International Conference Centre, sipping a “free” coke and waiting for the first screening of A Sting In A Tale, the latest movie from Sparrow Productions. After being bombarded with music from 4X4 and VIP which was heavily punctuated by ads from the movie sponsors, [...]

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Is the Internet constraining how we develop as individuals?

A review of MTN Nigeria Mobile Broadband service

Sighting Mount Kilimanjaro

Erik introduces iHub @ Skunkworks in Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya’s Tourism Industry is back & a trip to Nairobi National Park

Earthquake scare in Ghana. Is Ghana prepared?

A review of MTN Ghana Mobile Broadband service

How I found my way to MEST Accra on Google Maps Mobile

BarCamp Ghana 2009: GhanaBlogging.com Break-out Session

Maksi Clothing: A Fresh Fashion House launches in Accra

Expressions: Literary & Arts Night featuring Ghana Bloggers

Effective Blogging: How to generate links to your blog from other websites

Cyber crime in Ghana: How to tackle the menace

Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Accra Remote Hub Participation

Movie Review: A Sting In A Tale

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