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What a fantastic talk that was about how to improve lives of the bottom billion poeple in the world (mostly in Africa).  Listen to Paul Collier’s talk and it seems so astoundingly simple and even free - why are we not all doing it?  How are resources being used in your country?  Are you aware? [...]

There’s been a few meetings around the amount and quality of aid to Africa over the last year.  It’s good to see this debate, and a lot of aid has been given to various countries in Africa, from the donor darlings to the Zambias.   Is it really working as it should do?  Is there another [...]

This was sent in by someone last week:
“By that, I mean livestock chilling not just on the side of the road, but amidst heavy traffic. I’ll never forget when I first arrived in Kampala and saw a cow chilling downtown. Sometimes you go weeks without seeing as much as a goat meandering on a highway, [...]

It’s a classic

are you an African ICT entrepreneur or working in ICT and want the opportunity to showcase your company or present at SXSW, have a look here.  It could be the opportunity you need.
Also, contact J Gosier for further information.
 

A very interesting article I saw on ShortList.  Read the full article here.  I sure as hell will be eating breakfast as much as possible. 
On a slightly different tangent - don’t go overboard unless you have won 10 gold medals and are looking to win some more!
 

I found this article about Uganda. I thought it was quite appropriate:
http://jhabola.blogspot.com/2007/07/uganda-gifted-but-not-competitive.html
 

What is the most noteworthy aspect of the internet usage statistics for Africa?  I’d say it’s the rate of growth of internet usage almost continent wide. Up to 10 million users in Nigeria?  Even in Uganda, 2.0 million users.  That is very encouraging.

It suggests the telecommunications race is beginning to pick up and significant numbers [...]