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Blogs about: Afrigadget

Three cheers for new media projects in the Sunshine Continent2 comments

ugandansabroad wrote 1 month ago: Does this mean I won't need a good novel when I am surfing in Kampala? I’m really excited … more →

Tags: Africa Connections, Clay Shirky, Erik Hersman, Jeff Jarvis, new media Africa, Ugandans Abroad, Ushaidi, white african

Football Made in Africa

Leila Darabi wrote 3 months ago: via AfriGadget … more →

Tags: upcycling, Africa, condoms, Football, recycling, Soccer, World Cup 2010

Football - Made in Africa

ruthhubbard wrote 3 months ago: AfriGadget is one of the blogs I just can’t resist and, truly, there is no reason to try. It i … more →

Tags: vernacular, Africa, Football, Soccer, Ingenuity, Video, World Cup

Plastic sheets

Leila Darabi wrote 4 months ago: Remember when I told you I was excited to see what kinds of neat stuff came out of Maker Faire Afric … more →

Tags: trash politics, DIY, Maker Faire, Maker Faire Africa, Plastic, recycling, white african

Maker Faire Africa2 comments

Leila Darabi wrote 5 months ago: Africa is getting its very own Maker Faire—modeled after the conference of DIY inventors, craf … more →

Tags: upcycling, accra, Africa, Ghana, Maker Faire, Timbuktu Chronicles

Afrigadget!3 comments

ourman wrote 6 months ago: I thought I’d make this my contribution to the Afrigadget files – although I’m sur … more →

Tags: Cameroon, bamenda, Car, Toys

Trashy Bags

Alan Davidson wrote 6 months ago: Many Americans are participating in the Green movement—doing things like reducing, reusing, and recy … more →

Tags: accra, Ghanaian, trashy bags, Green

The Only Car Worthy Of A 'Greenjacker'....

greenjacker wrote 7 months ago: The Greenjacker is not a big fan of the car. Every morning dedicated pedestrians have to listen to t … more →

Tags: ecological thinking, Transport, Cars, Culture, Environment, Thoughts, Toyota

Maker Faire Africa - Accra in August - Participate! Be a Sponsor!

xcroc wrote 8 months ago: h/t to AfriGadget for this alert on Maker Faire Africa to be held in Accra Ghana this August 13-15. … more →

Tags: Ghana, accra, Maker Faire, Invention, Innovation, Design

Mobile changes everything10 comments

Shannon Paul wrote 9 months ago: I participated in a panel discussion last week at SXSW Interactive that addressed some of the shortc … more →

Tags: Marketing, communications, Communication, Digital Divide, SXSW Interactive, Mobile Phone, short message service, Internet access, text messaging

12. Being good at something

themeda wrote 9 months ago: Knitting. Fixing cars. Pool. Making homemade burgers. Hell, anything.  Being good at something feels … more →

Tags: Experiencing

Support Afrigadget's grassroots reporting project3 comments

Heather Ford wrote 1 year ago: It’s always so great when you can see how the little you can give can make a huge difference. … more →

Tags: Causes, Blogging, the active web, khayelitsha

AfriGadget - WaterGadget

waterfortheages wrote 1 year ago: Have you ever heard of an Elephant Pump? Well, today I found out that an Elephant Pump is a low-cost … more →

Tags: Africa, INTERNATIONAL, technology, Akvopedia, elephant pump, global water solutions, homemade, sanitation, water

Truly inspirational

ourman wrote 1 year ago: Far and away my favourite blog right now. The truly beautiful Afrigadget. … more →

Tags: Africa, African Blogs

And now a little good news

collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: I was feeling a little glum about the state of the world this morning. Then I got a twitter from Mic … more →

Tags: Marketing, twitter

News from Amsterdam: Picnic08

Bente Kalsnes wrote 1 year ago: What a cool conference! Picnic08 (for “media entrepreneurs, thinkers and creators”) is ü … more →

Tags: Conference, Web 2.0, picnic08, Clay Shirky, ethan zuckerman, Amsterdam, Italy, polymeme, fransesco federico

Talking about how not to be disposable.

wholelotofnonsense wrote 1 year ago: One of my favourite PodCasts is The World’s Technology PodCast with Clark Boyd. One of Clark … more →

Tags: Environmental, twitter, slideshow, pri, theWorld, clarkboyd, worldstechpod, audioslideshow, erikhersman

Safaricom, Africa-tech and Google in Africa

Nathaniel wrote 1 year ago: One of the things that many Afro-optimists share is an excitement about the way that technology is p … more →

Tags: web2.0, technology, Africa, development, Google, Social Entrepreneurship, South Africa, whiteafrican.com, blogs

Technology in a crisis

Scott Toncray  wrote 1 year ago: I’m taking a quick break from planning my trip to mention some great news I just learned. My f … more →

Tags: Scott Toncray, Hurricane Katrina, ushahidi, fema, Erik Hersman


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