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…
The fine folks at the Center for Global Development keep a raptor’s eye on the world of development aid. Each year, they issue a report… Read More »Woo hoo! We’re #13!
Welcome, trendsetters! Good news for all of us: according to the cover story in the Sunday Style section of the New York Times, Africa is… Read More »It’s official: Africa is trendy
Much of the conversation I read online about Wikipedia seems to be focused on the radical, audacious idea that an encyclopedia written by amateurs could… Read More »Your language or mine? (Part 2)
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!
Brewster Kahle starts his talk by declaring his goal: “Universal Access to All Knowledge”. He’s stolen a technique from Minsk – choose a big goal… Read More »Wikimania: Brewster Kahle’s Big Goal