I tried to blog the recently past Pop!Tech conference in a bit more detail than I normally would, in part because David Weinberger decided to… Read More »“Backwards and in High Heels” – Ndesanjo Macha blogs Pop!Tech in Kiswahili
With a 4-0 win over Cape Verde yesterday, Ghana clinched its first-ever berth in the World Cup finals, slated for next year in Germany. Ghana’s… Read More »Why Football Matters in Liberia
The MV Semlow, hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast, appears to have been released, along with its cargo. Reuters reports that the ship is… Read More »Somali pirates dump rice, keep cement
It’s been a little over a year since I stopped working on Geekcorps, and I’m finally getting to the point where I don’t get introduced… Read More »Geekcorps pride – the kids have done good…
I’ve been meaning to weigh in on recent developments on the sub-$100 laptop project Nicholas Negroponte is spearheading. While I join nearly everyone else in… Read More »Thinking about the sub-$100 laptop
While most of Somalia has been a dangerous, unstable place since the fall of Siad Barre in 1991, Somaliland, the northernmost part of the former… Read More »Somaliland Elections