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The word about Appfrica is spreading fast and the response has been incredibly rewarding.  Here are links to articles, interviews, video and other data related to Appfrica:

 

 

HABARI TO OUR FRIENDS AT BARCAMP KAMPALA (Published August 29, 2008)

http://barcampafrica.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/habari-to-our-friends-at-barcamp-kampala/

 

"Hello to our friends at BarCamp Kampala that is taking place now at the beautiful Makerere University campus in Kampala, Uganda. We at BarCampAfrica are following the conversations on twitter with much interest .. and loving every minute of it.

Conversations have ranged from the rise of GPL and Creative Commons in Uganda, to the Luganda Firefox translation project (Costed 12,000,000UGX = USD 7116- mostly in travel expenses), to how Edubuntu and offline wikipedia access can enhance local internet penetration. And this was just day One."

 

WHITE AFRICAN INTERVIEW (Published August 26, 2008)

http://whiteafrican.com/2008/08/26/an-interview-with-appfrica-founder-jon-gosier/

 

"Earlier this year a new blog burst onto the African tech scene, and it hasn’t let up. In fact, it’s growing from a blog into a place for open source developers to work together. The man behind Appfrica is Jon Gosier, an energetic and proactive developer now living in Kampala, Uganda. Below is a short email interview that I did with him last week."

 

BLOG HERALD INTERVIEW (Published June 11, 2008)

http://www.blogherald.com/2008/06/11/hello-appfrica-an-interview-with-jon-gosier/

 

"Appfrica is an international technology conference and think-thank, taking place in Africa of course. The idea is to bring together researchers, educators, businesses, industry leaders, and organizations, to talk about uses of web technology. The goal being to find new ways to further develop the educational process in the developing world, as well as talking about online innovation from an African point of view overall. The first panel is on July 31st at the Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda."

 

TECHNOLOGY TODAY (Published June 11, 2008)

http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=173761598

 

STARTUPS AFRICA (Published June 12, 2008)

http://www.startupafrica.com/2008/06/apprifica-2008-uganda-a-tech-conference-for-africa/

 

BASED CONFERENCING WEB (Published June 12, 2008)

http://www.basedconferencingweb.com/apprifica-2008-uganda-a-tech-conference-for-africa

 


 

OVERHEARD ON THE WEB (Links from People Talking About Us)

http://whiteafrican.com/?p=1046

http://www.clipmarks.com/clipmark/B6B102BB-64DD-4B37-BADE-A0BE9051CA2E/

http://www.blogospherenews.com/story.php?title=Hello_Appfrica_An_Interview_with_Jon_Gosier

http://www.techmacro.com/wordpress-blogger/blog-herald/hello-appfrica-an-interview-with-jon-gosier/

http://africaincorp.blogspot.com/2008/06/appfrica-international-technology.html

http://blog.ict4d.at/2008/06/technology-events-in-africa.html

http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2007/archives/645

http://thewldc.blogspot.com/2008/07/semantic-search-engine-of-african.html

http://dogoodwell.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/safaricom-africa-tech-and-google-in-africa/

 

 

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