http://www.afromusing.com/blog Africa and Beyond! Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:58:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work in the Congo to protect the forest giraffe or 'Okapi'. He touches on the effect of the war, mentioning the mineral coltan which is used in electronics like your cellphone. Do note that coltan has fueled the war in the Congo for ... http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/08/04/monday-inspiration-corneille-ewango/ I've been on the road since late last month, and I am afraid this space has been left quite neglected. So if there are any remaining readers...heres to a comeback. I had the chance to speak at TTI Vanguard early this month and my topic of discussion was Innovation in Africa[pdf ... http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/07/31/memes-markets-and-africa/ Two opportunities I would like to pass along, the first is SEPS (Sustainable Energy Project Support) call for applications. Now in its fifth year, WISIONS, a Wuppertal Institute initiative that is funded and supported by the Swiss-based foundation ProEvolution, has launched its annual call for applications for Sustainable Energy Project Support ... http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/07/30/opportunities-for-entrepreneurs/ The Band, as I get to call them, will be performing on August 1st at Kwani LitFest. This is one event I did not want to miss but hope that my friends and readers in Kenya get to go and enjoy. If someone decides to stream the event (hint ... http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/07/30/just-a-band-performance-friday-august-1st-08/ When I attended the GV summit I counted myself quite lucky to meet so many bloggers from around the world, including contributors to Global voices online. The gift of a macbook sleeve from Bolivian project 'Voces Bolivianas' was one of the many highlights of the summit. It was such ... http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/07/30/a-macbook-sleeve-cover-you-should-buy/ I am at the Global Voices summit, regarding citizen media, democracy and technology. I will be covering the following sessions using the live blogging tool CoveritLive on this blog and also on the GV summit blog. Please bookmark the event homepage http://summit08.globalvoicesonline.org/program/ - Twitter feed is http://twitter.com/gvsummit08 - The timezone for ... http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/06/27/gv-summit-budapest/ Well, last october I let out a little rant about the Iphone, and how it did not make sense to me to buy it at the time. Basically, no 3G, not unlocked, i didn't complain about the lack of a GPS chip though I should have...and we all know Wimax ... http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/06/09/i-phone-odds-ends/ This is the last part of the JAB interview, the first is here. It was fun reading JAB's responses, and I hope you enjoy this last bit. Before we get to that, here is one more pic of the trio. Iwinyo Piny & Animation in general. The chicken or the egg question: ... http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/06/01/just-a-band-interview-part-ii-animation/ I was listless, down out depressed, with chicken, egg and crossing of roads questions weighing on my mind; when my fingers as if they had a series of self-cordinating nanobots, tipitty tapped their way onto a blog called Sukuma Kenya. There, I found a pebble shaped like a play button ... http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/05/28/interview-with-just-a-band-on-kenyan-animation-and-music-part-i/ When events happen that shock us, sadden us and make us generally quite depressed, it is heartening to find a way to channel those feelings into assistance. United For Africa uses the Ushahidi engine, and they've populated the 'How to Help' and the Donation sections of the site. So when ... http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2008/05/25/xenophobic-attacks-in-sa-how-to-help/