Researchers who study internet filtering and censorship have focused much of their attention on countries in Asia and the Middle East. A quick glance at… Read More »Ethiopia “pioneers” cybercensorship in sub-Saharan Africa
It’s not uncommon for me to get phonecalls from West Africa from people I don’t know well… or sometimes don’t know at all. I’ve met… Read More »Not my next charitable project…
My friend Ory Okolloh – the Kenyan Pundit – has been hard at work launching a new project – Mzalendo: An Eye on Parliament. Along… Read More »Introducing: Mzalendo
Inc. Magazine was kind enough to offer me some space to explore ideas about network neutrality – the idea that internet service providers should treat… Read More »Net Neutrality, and the hope the US could learn some lessons from African experience
There’s a box of old photos and slides in my office. Because they’re on film, not in bits, I never look at them. It occurred… Read More »Photos and history
Mom always said, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” Mom doesn’t come to conferences with me. (It’s too bad. She’s… Read More »Virtual Darfur, and why I don’t get invited to technology conferences anymore