Is George Weah a good sport at politics?
George Weah was known as being a good sport when he played on the football pitch. Early indications suggest that he may not be such… Read More »Is George Weah a good sport at politics?
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
BlogAfrica’s back…
BlogAfrica’s back. Thanks to lots of hard work by Boris Anthony, blog designer to the stars, we’ve moved the aggregator from AllAfrica’s servers over to… Read More »BlogAfrica’s back…
Feeling unEASSy about telecom cartels
Telecommunications consultant Roland Alden has an excellent essay on EASSy, the fiberoptic submarine cable proposed to link East Africa to the Internet, connecting a number… Read More »Feeling unEASSy about telecom cartels
Who’s Watching in Addis?
Global Voices has been trying to follow both the violent suppression of street protests in Addis Ababa and the ongoing rioting in Paris suburbs. A… Read More »Who’s Watching in Addis?
Amazon Embraces Human Filtering
Ten years ago, I used to get pissed off when other companies implemented ideas before we had a chance to build them at Tripod. I’ve… Read More »Amazon Embraces Human Filtering
Missed the Africa panel at Pop!Tech? Listen in.
Two weekends ago, I wrote about a great session at Pop!Tech, a two hour conversation where African attendees at the conference got to talk about… Read More »Missed the Africa panel at Pop!Tech? Listen in.