Guns4Development
In the far, far away land of Developmentia, the field of security in developing countries has a long and venerable history. Security for Development or S4D as the field has come to be known attracted…
Fellowship 2010
As 2010 draws to a close, the end of my fellowship at the Shuttleworth Foundation also draws closer. It officially winds up at the end of February next year. From then on most of my…
WGSDIA – Launch Gmail Zero
This is yet another post in a series in which I have the temerity to offer Google my unsought armchair strategic advice on what they should be doing in Africa. In May of this year,…
Africa, Innovation, and The Incredibles
Philip Auerswald recently took advantage of arch-villain Syndrome (from the Pixar movie The Incredibles) to paint a tongue-in-cheek picture of his relationship with Bill Easterly. Entertained and emboldened by this, I was reminded of my…
Why SMS in Africa?
Erik Hersman recently tweeted “I’d like to hear more on whether we should build SMS or internet services in Africa?” This had the serendipitous effect of breaking a bit of a blogger’s block for me.…