This entry is part of a series, What Google Should Do In Africa» This is an introduction to a series of posts on what I think Google ought to be doing in Africa, that is to say what I think they ought to be doing outside of their core business of selling advertising. Why pick [...] [...]
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By Steve Song, on March 20th, 2008   Dabba relies on a variety of Open Source software application to enable their network. Here is a profile of some of those applications. Wireless Access Point Every local connection starts with a wireless access point (AP) that connects phones and computers alike to the Dabba network. These APs rely entirely on a suite of Open [...] [...] By Steve Song, on February 5th, 2008 Having funded and watched and occasionally participated in the wireless hacker space in Africa for the last few years, I have the sense of “waiting for the next leap forward”. Wireless hackers have been successfully building cantennas, woktennas, and waterbottletennas, to name a few. They’ve been flashing Linksys Routers with a variety of free firmware [...] [...] |
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