Archive: Development

• Jul 16, 2010

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  “Africa Rising: This Time is Different”

  In this piece, I make an argument for why the current rising wave in Africa’s growth is different and likely to yield fruit. Read on CP-Africa...
  
  

• Jul 12, 2010

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  Mobile Phones for Development

  Piece on the explosion of mobile phone usage on the continent and the importance of merging mobile apps development with development solutions. Read online here [Image...
  
  

• Apr 25, 2010

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  Eradicating Polio in Nigeria: Bill Gates visits Sultan of Sokoto, others

  In a bid to quicken the eradication of Polio in Nigeria, (a country with one of the largest number of announced Polio cases in the world), Bill gates took a trip down to Sokoto, to build a Nigerian leaders led coalition to encourage Nigerians to vaccinate their children. 2010 numbers improved as a result. We...
  
  

• Mar 11, 2010

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  Catching up with Ify Aniebo

  I recently interviewed Ify Aniebo, winner, Young Person of the Year and winner, Best Use of Science at the Future Nigeria Awards 2010. Ify is an inspiring young woman with beauty, brains and most of all, the intellectual curiosity and courage needed to help solve one of the world’s/Africa’s most pressing problem: finding a malaria...
  
  

• Feb 06, 2010

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  Some Cool African Technology Start-ups/Web Tools

  I am compiling a list of the most intriguing technology tools developed by Africans or in Africa. This will be an on-going list.  In no particular order, some fascinating African start-ups/web tools; 1. African Pixel Founded by Wilfred M Mworia,  African Pixel (or AP for short) is a startup mobile software development company that specializes...