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a white african's view of the world. focusing on technology, africa and how technology can help africans.
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Google Kenya and the Google Global Cache
Google is well known for snatching up top-level talent, this holds true in Kenya as well. ICT groundbreaker Joe Mucheru heads up the Kenya office, and he’s surrounded by a team of smart young technologists. I had the chance to meet Isis Nyong...
East Africa: Praying to the Undersea Cable Gods
The most recent technology review has a good article on the transoceanic internet cable build-out happening world wide. It’s got a nice little map visual too, which allows you to see where things are (white lines) and where new undersea cables...
Thoughts on Ecommerce Problems in Africa
Recently, I’ve noticed a sudden buzz about ecommerce in Kenya. Brian Longwe talks about the beginnings of this with Mpesa, emails are bouncing around between companies I know, and last week I spent a morning listening in to what the Kenya ICT ...
Refreshing WhiteAfrican’s Design
I decided to update the look and feel of WhiteAfrican.com last night. No drastic changes, more of a cleanup really, as things seemed messy to me before. I’m a big fan of Chris Pearson, so I’m trying out his new Thesis theme. Bugs are s...
A Talk with Jamati’s Founder: Elias Mageto
I’ve been tracking a site called Jamati, an African entertainment portal, for a little while. Sitting out in Nairobi last week, I got an email wondering if I wanted to talk to the founder, a certain Elias Mageto, who happened to be in town fro...
