Advance critique of the Indaba
A number of African bloggers have pointed out that many of the speakers at the Digital Citizen Indaba in Grahamstown later this week aren’t bloggers,… Read More »Advance critique of the Indaba
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Where I am, where I’m not
I’m in London, on a 30 hour layover between flights, long enough to let me visit colleagues at Reuters, meet Rachel Rawlins (Global Voices managing… Read More »Where I am, where I’m not
How will China influence Zambia’s elections?
A major topic of conversation in the African blogosphere over the past 18 months has been the increasing influence of China in Africa. Several of… Read More »How will China influence Zambia’s elections?
And you thought it was hard starting a business in your country…
One of the miracles of Somalia is the extent to which a state without a central government has managed to be a business-friendly environment. (Indeed,… Read More »And you thought it was hard starting a business in your country…
A video intro to Citizen Journalism
A group of students at Cambridge Community Television took on a class project in a video production class: a short documentary on Citizen Journalism. The… Read More »A video intro to Citizen Journalism
Join us in South Africa!
I’m coming to South Africa in mid-September for the Highway Africa conference, an annual conference on information technology and journalism at Rhodes University in Grahamstown,… Read More »Join us in South Africa!