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Returning to One’s Roots

{ Posted on Nov 17 2010 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Last month we soft launched ActivSpaces, a new open collaboration space, innovation hub and startup incubator in Cameroon. The comparison to Limbe Labs, an entity I co-founded last year, should immediately be apparent. It's essentially the same model transplanted to ...Read More »

A Mobile App Maker In The Extreme

{ Posted on Nov 23 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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The Extreme North of Cameroon is aptly named for a variety of reasons, apart from being the remote northern terminus of the country. It is, in many respects, a land of extremes with a vastly different character from the ...Read More »

Kenyans Collaborate to Map Kibera

{ Posted on Nov 03 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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With a population of around one million inhabitants, Kibera is widely known as Africa's largest slum and counted among the biggest on earth. It's also one of the most studied slums in Africa, given its close proximity to the center ...Read More »

Glo-1 Submarine Cable Boosts West African Broadband

{ Posted on Sep 07 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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The 9,800 km Glo-1 fiber optic submarine cable made its landing over the weekend at Alfa Beach in Lagos, Nigeria. The cable originates in England and connects Nigeria to the UK, Spain, Portugal and the rest of West Africa with ...Read More »

BarCamp Cameroon – Digital Dreams

{ Posted on Aug 13 2009 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Cameroon's first BarCamp, a technology "unconference" centered around open, participatory workshops, has just announced a date and venue. The event will take place on Saturday, November 7th at the College Libermann in Douala. Mark your calendars! The organizers, which include ...Read More »
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