The following blog post is culled from ICTWorks.org and involves me. Nigeria is the Giant of Africa, with 1/8 of its population and all the possibilities and problems that come with such size and diversity. It also should be the ICT leader for Africa. Nigeria has the more mobile phone subscribers, at 68 million, than Egypt or [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 6, 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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 21, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 22, 2009
It was an unscripted outburst, but when it came, it was welcomed with a standing ovation. Meet Patricia, a Ghanaian lady who attended the Maker Faire Africa 2009 event at AITI-KACE in Accra Ghana. She was serving as a Twi interpreter but took time to deliver an unexpected speech that left the audience motivated and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 21, 2009
I managed to take over a 100 photos last Sunday which was the final day of Maker Faire Africa 2009, at AITI-KACE in Accra Ghana. I have created a full album dedicated to the flicks. Enjoy the sights you missed if you were not there. I should find time to give them proper captions over the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 20, 2009
Having spent several years in art and advertising, digital photography was the only next logical step for Nana Kofi Acquah (NKA), a Ghanaian professional photographer, who refers to himself as a “world citizen”. Nana Kofi was one of the exhibitors at the recent Maker Faire Africa 2009 technology exhibition at AITI-KACE in Accra Ghana. NKA discovered [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
I consider myself a strong Mozilla fan and was thus excited to have met the team of Mozilla volunteers and enthusiasts that exhibited Mozilla souvenirs at the Maker Faire Africa 2009 technology fair. The team was made-up of young Ghanaians who are seeking to create a recognized Mozilla community in Ghana. The Mozilla Foundation is a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
The first edition of Maker Faire Africa was successful by any standards. The 3-day event drew exhibitors from countries including: Brazil, Guatemala, Tibet, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa, Liberia, Pakistan, Uganda, Madagascar, India and Cote d’Ivoire. There were several guests from the USA especially and I got to meet many leading tech bloggers for [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 4, 2008
When I saw a call on my cellular phone from a number +233 10 0000, my heart missed a beat. And why not? This was a very strange phone number that I know does not exist but I still answered the phone, albeit cautiously. Lo and behold, it was the voice of the ruling NPP’s [...]
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