Tag: entrepreneurship
The Real Reason Why White Spaces Spectrum Matters
You may have seen a resurgence of news about “Net Neutrality” in the last few weeks. This is because a US court recently ruled that the communications regulator (the Federal Communications Commission- FCC) doesn’t have the power to insist that...
What is a Social Entrepreneur?
This week I’m attending the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. Thanks to their kind invitation, I’ll be blogging this week about my experiences here. Having recently left my fellowship at the Shuttleworth Foundation and embraced the world of social...
OLPC XO-2 goes Open Hardware
I admit to being a little gobstopped by Nicholas Negroponte’s announcment in the Guardian that the next generation OLPC will be Open Hardware is a pretty big deal. I picked up the announcement this morning from Make Magazine editor, Phil...
Action Talks, Armchair Pundits Walk
It is remarkable how polarised the discussion of the OLPC has become. You either love it or hate it. I have already said my own say about the value of the OLPC but there is one point that I don’t...
Looking for Possible Village Telco Entrepreneurs in Khayalitsha
Having decided to help Dabba explore the replication of their Orange Farm success down here in the Western Cape, it was not immediately clear to me how to go about finding the right place for such a project. Alan Levine...