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...
Do Emerging Markets really want Rescue by ITU?
I was in the big plenary room in Athens yesterday when the ITU’s Yoshio Utsumi made his big claim of the day. According to Declan...
Why I care — and why you should care — about IDNs
Later this month many of the movers and shakers in the Internet world will be in Athens for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The...
Cybersquatting, Emerging Markets and the future of the Net
The other day I was on the phone with a friend who does international business based in Europe. He was telling me about the recent .eu...
Should we cut ICANN loose? Not now…
There’s a lot of talk these days about ICANN’s future and specifically whether the organization should go out on its own later this year....
