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Franz - The Grid Launches in Nigeria

Franz — Wed, 5 Jan 2011 13:16:30 +0000

I have discovered your article but now. I think that - meantime - The Grid is open also for people who has no African sell phone number. It´s an very interesting project.

Simon - AfriLabs: The Founders Fund for Africa

Simon — Tue, 4 Jan 2011 22:50:34 +0000

Hi Jonathan, Great post and best of luck for the future with App Africa, I do fully agre with you that to make new paths one has to walk on the beaten road in order to pave the way for others to follow. Not being based in Uganda or Africa at present am not sure on the investment apetite for local entrepreneurs who have succeded in Africa, are there many willing to invest in such incubators or business as your self? The one thing that needs to build is investment money in order to build and fund new startups. Simon

guy mullin - Ushahidi Founder is Google's New Policy Manager for Africa

guy mullin — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:43:10 +0000

great news - african inroads and bringing sunshine where it is needed. Best for 2011

Babukadja Sankofa - Ushahidi Founder is Google's New Policy Manager for Africa

Babukadja Sankofa — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:30:11 +0000

Congratulations Ory, my friend and TED Fellow of 2006.

Aaron Kirunda - Mobile Gutenberg, Banking Papacy

Aaron Kirunda — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:41:14 +0000

The future is mobile

NorskeDiv - Investors Forced to Rethink Africa

NorskeDiv — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:31:14 +0000

Hey, nice to hear of this development. I was wondering what your opinion of Chinese involvement in Africa is now? Many people take a very positive view, which I find interesting. I've heard people say that one of the positive things about China is that they are willing to directly engage any government instead of insisting on good governance when giving out aid! It was not so long ago that I was hearing how the problem with western companies and governments is that they were willing to engage anyone including corrupt regimes. To my understanding its only been recently that the west has really insisted on good governance in return for aid and re focused on developing native talent. But now China comes and offers aid the way the west did forty years ago (few standards or pre-conditions, always with outside talent doing the bulk of the work given their low cost of bringing in Chinese talent) and so many people even in America laud it as a great development? This really confuses me. To be clear, Chinese involvement might be a net positive, it probably is. But the very things China is being lauded for are the things that people condemned the west for not that long ago, so it seems to me if things were consistent people ought to be out there urging China to model itself after the Western aid instead of lauding China for doing exactly the same thing people were not so long ago condemning the west for??

iphone aufschrauben - The Future of Giving

iphone aufschrauben — Sun, 5 Dec 2010 11:43:40 +0000

@ jongos. Exactly what I tought, when I was reading the comment from john...

Shalom Odugbemi - Customer Service: Where Business in Africa Often Breaks Down

Shalom Odugbemi — Sun, 5 Dec 2010 09:44:35 +0000

great post. improving customer service in Africa cannever be over emphasised. we are in an age when the customer is getting more and more enlightened, however, the voice/force of customers in the african continent is still not STRONG enough to make service organisations repent. more efforts need to be put into customer enlightenment; to understand that they are not bound to a service provider, that they can knock on the next door for better service. when customers are enlightened, organisations will seat up and focus on customer service. Great job.

Zdeněk Hejl - The Best and Worst Project Management Apps

Zdeněk Hejl — Wed, 1 Dec 2010 00:30:16 +0000

Thanks for comparison.

Allan Rwakatungu - PayPal's Electronic Profiling

Allan Rwakatungu — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:50:01 +0000

Am a software dev from Uganda. Just made a bad decision and used Paypal in my startup. When i submitted my app for approval , not only was my account shut down but I was kicked out of the developer portal. Reason: "Unfortunately from your country you cannot receive payments" ..but why block me from the developer portal? Am not complaining though. Like someone in the thread mentioned this is a market gap that a smart entrepreneur should fill...(someone like me :)). Africa now has a thriving mobile payments eco system , we need to figure out how to connect it to the rest of the world ... without Paypal

best pension - Population of the Dead

best pension — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:42:56 +0000

As I understand it. the carrying capacity is the total volume the earth can sustain at any given moment, but that assumes that all variables are constant, right? A shift in resource usage or weather patterns throws this thing off a bit. What a thought provoking study and graphic. Thanks for sharing.

Best Pension - Population of the Dead

Best Pension — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:39:43 +0000

Yeah, those bodies have to go somewhere, and although they decompose for the most part, it is a grim idea you call to mind: it is one that reminds me of the plague in England and how infrastructure changed overnight to deal with all the bodies.

Michael Nakhokho - Is Paypal Flagging Ugandan IP Addresses?

Michael Nakhokho — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:22:06 +0000

I have just registered and got a paypal account..Am disappointed to learn that I can not receive money when in Uganda but that I can just send.Why is this so? When is the service of receiving money by paypal to begin in my country Uganda?Am promised donations from many friends by paypal. I shall be pleased to get a clarification. Michael Nakhokho Odili Handsofcharity Uganda East Africa

Michael - AfriLabs: The Founders Fund for Africa

Michael — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:52:22 +0000

Really interesting stuff. Assuming you feel good about the deal flow, this sounds great. I've got some ideas I'm experimenting with about funding that would mitigate some of your issues with the 100% capitalists. Would love to chat. michael.frank at malihealth dot org

Africavenue - World's Biggest Classifieds Come to Kenya

Africavenue — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:01:44 +0000

There's also Africavenue, an african pure player in free classifieds market. The kenyan section: http://africavenue.com/kenya is no bad... ;)

Jeringas de insulina - Population of the Dead

Jeringas de insulina — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:11:55 +0000

Fascinating aritculo now beginning to understand many things after reading it. I understand that things do not go too well in the world, for we are many and there will be many more. I guess that's the advancement of medicine etc ... The big problem is that, as you say in the article, things will not improve simply because of two reasons, first, as indicated by the study, by global population growth, the second is that by nature humans are very greedy, little austere and costs shared.

Stafford Battle - In Search of... African Sci-Fi Novels

Stafford Battle — Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:26:21 +0000

Be sure to visit the Black Science Fiction Society, the Carl Brandon Society, and the African American Science Fiction website for speculative fiction books by recent Black authors. http://www.blacksciencefictionsociety.com/ http://www.carlbrandon.org/ http://africanamericansciencefiction.com/ http://wagadu.ning.com/

Wilhelm - What is Hive Colab?

Wilhelm — Wed, 6 Oct 2010 10:26:02 +0000

Cong's John. I am interested in Whatever you are doing.. m waiting 4 Hive Colab.

John - World's Biggest Classifieds Come to Kenya

John — Sun, 3 Oct 2010 07:56:55 +0000

www.kenyanlistings.com which is a few days old and has been done by students seems olready to be beating them.

Kevin | PAYG Phones - The TED Phone

Kevin | PAYG Phones — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:48:07 +0000

It is a very good idea. And the thing about the Kodak moment is so true, everyone is into sharing their photos these days, not just taking them!