Africa’s ICT Wave reaches San Francisco Bay
About three weeks ago, I sat in a conference hall in San Francisco and listened as President Paul Kagame of Rwanda addressed a group of...
Guest Columnist: Can A Ball Change the world? Yes… it can
Sports today are nearly everyone’s global obsession, but did you also know that they are also a new trend in international development?...
On Africa’s IT compass, all arrows point to Rwanda
Rwanda?! There it was again, the same puzzled look – a combination of concern and disbelief –when I told a colleague that I’d been...
Wimax – and the Path to Peace – in Uganda
Not long ago a friend of mine was sitting in an internet café in Gulu, Northern Uganda, busily typing away… and suddenly in mid-email,...
Consider the Caipirinha — Brazil, IT, and the Danger of Over-regulation
Consider the caipirinha, the national drink of Brazil. A simple mixture of lime, sugar and cachaça (a local sugar cane-based...
Emerging Markets Look to Up Internet Use
About a month ago I was in Athens attending the first annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Delegates from around the world had come...