January 10th, 2008 |
by Imnakoya |
published in
Advocacy, Africa, ICT, Media, Nigeria, Technology
Online conversations on the botched Kenyan elections have been raging for days since violence erupted after voting. ChatterBox, the algorithmic aggregator on AfricanLoft has been helpful (at least to me) in monitoring the “chatter” on post-election violence. Today’s update at 5:45AM lists as #1 the discussions on “Ushahidi”, the web tool created to record the […]
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September 27th, 2007 |
by Imnakoya |
published in
Africa, Business and Entrepreneurship, Technology
An interesting conversation is going on between two seasoned African bloggers - Erik Hersman (via Thought Leader) and David Oluniyi Ajao. The topic couldn’t have been more relevant: e-commerce and online payment platforms in Africa.
I’m attracted to Erik’s statement that “the solution for Africa needs to be bank and carrier agnostic” -this David opines, […]
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June 21st, 2007 |
by Imnakoya |
published in
Blogosphere, Media, Web 2.0
Yes, AfricanLoft TV - “ALTV†for short - is up!
Now you can browse and watch some headline videos on sports, entertainment and world news via your browser - it’s that easy!
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June 12th, 2007 |
by Imnakoya |
published in
Africa, Blogosphere, ICT, Media, Nigeria, Web 2.0
In May, I mused if the Nigerian blogosphere was dying. This piece is a continuation of that conversation, and has some readers and those who commented to that post may have discerned, the Nigerian blogosphere isn’t dying, and doesn’t appear so any time soon.
This conclusion is based on several recent developments in the Nigerian […]
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May 31st, 2007 |
by Imnakoya |
published in
Media, Technology
This is a chance to into citizen media, someone in Nigeria can use this money:
“Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices, is now accepting project proposals for the first round of microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for new media outreach projects. Ideal applicants will present innovative and detailed proposals to teach citizen media […]
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