By forcing the opposition to abandon the election, Robert Mugabe has undermined his position. Mr Mugabe may cling to power for a while, but his grip is weaker. Zimbabwe needs help from the West. But most of all it needs its African neighbors to tell the tyrant unambiguously to go – and to snuff him [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 24, 2008
Venturebeat: On how Google is using its community to Map the unmarked world
Google is getting increasingly good at getting its community to do its work for them with Google Maps. Google is reaching out to some of the developing parts of the world which it doesn’t have the best data for yet and hopes locals (or those that know the area well) will fill in what is [...]
June 23, 2008
Between God and Mugabe
Ethan Zuckerman, a man who does so much in so many fields of developement, sums up the common man’s frustration with Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe after the news that Tsvangarai pulled out of Zimbabwe elections. Here is what he had to say: “‘Only God who appointed me will remove me — not the M.D.C., not [...]
June 22, 2008
Event Summary: Africa as the New Asia?
Today on June 22 from 11am – 1pm a good number of Africa minded individuals from different professional backgrounds met to offer their thoughts on technology and Africa at the beautiful Stanford Golf Course. The event was sponsored by the SF Bay Area IPN and was titled, “Africa: The Next Asia?” It was kicked off [...]
June 19, 2008
Policy Notes on Africa for the next U.S President
Yesterday I had the good fortune of attending an event titled “Africa: The Next Development Miracle?” The lecture was hosted by the World Affairs Council Peninsula Chapter, and the speaker was Prof. Jeremy Weinstein, an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University and Director of the Center for African Studies. The primary question for [...]
June 10, 2008
The iPhone lands in Africa (and worldwide in 70 countries)
Apple announces that the iPhone 3G will be available in 70 countries by the end of 2008 including 15 African Countries. The 3G version of this innovative phone, opens up the possibilities to numerous interesting applications. The iPhone 3G has a GPS antenae allowing location based reporting, promises to be a developer platform allowing widgets [...]
