Talking about Africa's Digital Content Future

The history of African peoples is filled with tons of folklore and a rich oral history. Our peoples in past times primarily disseminated information and preserved their culture in the form of folk tales, songs… content; and the primary platform … Read More

A Discussion on Local Content within the African Context

When listening to discussions on local content, it is sometimes a bit vague what the intended meaning is. Is it content that is created locally for local consumption exclusively? Is it content that is just created locally but could be … Read More

Kenya WordCamp 2011: Naivasha

WordCamp is a conference that focuses on all things WordPress. This past weekend, November 12th and 13th, bloggers, developers and fans of WordPress packed their bags and headed out to Naivasha for the inaugural Kenya edition of this conference.

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Tech Startup Success Formulas for Africa: Content & Connectivity

Tech is (or will become) the New Agriculture

In many an African country, the primary economic driver is typically agriculture (as well as mining & tourism in others). It is evident that many African economies suffer for their over-dependence on … Read More

Nollywood comes to YouTube

Google is serious about putting African content online.

Originally on WebTrendsNigeria:

Just at the last Barcamp we queried Google representative about their effort in protecting intellectual properties of our entertainment industry given the new-found freedom in video sharing online. He … Read More

Tandaa: Local Digital Content

Today the Kenya ICT board is holding an event dubbed Tandaa at the iHub in Nairobi. Tandaa is about local digital content creation. According to a post by Erik Hersman that there appears to be an interesting discussion going on. … Read More