South Africa
Using Mobile Technology to fight poverty, Blog Action Day 2008
Today is blog action Day, a day when bloggers around the world focus on a particular topic and write up on it, The topic for 2008 is poverty and I am currently attending MobileActive (My Coverage).
I previously wrote about how mobiles can assist people in poverty
In a study (PDF) by Harvard economist Robert Jensen he [...]
Barcamp Johannesburg 2008
Reminder that Barcamp Johannesburg 2008, will be held tomorrow
I will be attending and you can find my coverage on my twitter stream and here on this blog. Also search twitter for #barcampjozi.
Barcamp Jozie will also be linking up with Barcamp Africa that is being held at GooglePlex on the same day. I will also be [...]
Rage 2008 (Pictures), Johannesburg South Africa
Rage is a yearly gaming expo held in Johannesburg South Africa, i took some pictures when i attended last week.
Successful Secrets of Entrepreneurs
There are many keys to achieving success as an entrepreneur. Support from family, friends, colleagues and clients is vital. Good financial management – particularly cash flow – can make or break an enterprise. A great idea also helps – as does effective marketing. But, in my experience, there’s one thing that outweighs all of these.
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Young South African Programmer Bags R71000
ITweb Reports
“A grade 11 pupil from Kuilsriver, in the Western Cape, has won the top prize in the final round of the Standard Bank/Computer Society of SA (CSSA) South African Computer Olympiad, held in Cape Town this weekend.
Francois Conradie, a grade 11 learner at De Kuilen High School, won R41 000, the Standard Bank [...]
Quick Hits for 04-10-2008
Tech elite use the internet to fight TB
“Nachtwey’s photos portraying victims of the increasingly drug-resistant deadly disease and dire conditions in Africa and elsewhere are spreading on the internet with help from tech firms including YouTube and Akamai.”
Read more at M&G and TED
Social Media in Africa, Part 1
“Contrary to popular belief, Africa is not [...]
Usobomvu Youth Fund, Assisting young entrepreneurs
The Usobomvu Youth Fund is a South African goverment initiative setup in 2001, that aims to assist Youth Entrepreneurs with the setup of businesses, promoting entrepreneurship, job creation, skills development and skills transfer among South Africans between the ages of 18 and 35. The youth fund offers several programmes to meet these requirements.
Usobomvu offers [...]
Insite 2008, Pictures
Some pictures from Insite 2008
Tank, Helping you build really simple websites
Tank, a web 2.0 startup out of South Africa is online web site creator and host which makes it really easy (and i mean really easy, like Grand Ma easy) to build simple websites. This is the second startup out of South Africa that is playing in the same market. Synthasite founded by Vinny Lingham [...]
Zoopy rolls out changes, Local hosting & New Video player
After our coverage of the Investment in zoopy by vodacom and the Interview with CEO of Zoopy Jason Elk. The company has been pretty busy.
The most recent announcement on their blog is the launch of a new video player, which features a new Info button which shows:
Information about the video currently being viewed, including title, [...]
