Join this Open Innovation Africa Summit “pre-brainstorming” session and have your ideas heard by OIAS 2012 participants in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 28-30, 2012. Ideators behind the top three ideas will be sponsored to participate in OIAS! Go to Source ...

    It’s not every day that a mobile application is launched to the accompaniment of songs, dances, and gymnastics. That’s exactly what happened at Sarangombe in Kibera, where a crowd gathered to launch M-Maji  (“mobile-water” in Swahili). M-Maji is a mobile phone-based water information system that aims to empower under-served communities with...

From April-June 2012, TED will hold public auditions in 14 cities on six continents seeking to uncover new talents, voices and ideas the world needs to hear. The fourth audition is in Nairobi, Kenya on May 5th, and applications for speakers have opened. ...

A new partnership to help grow and finance innovative mobile start-ups in East Africa has been signed. The partnership is between m:lab East Africa and...

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Africa will benefit greatly from advances in livestock science that will benefit the animals and the people they provide with high quality protein, said scientists here Sunday. Similar Products: Powered by Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia :: Amazon Increased agricultural productivity...

Two years ago we announced our first partnership with Omidyar Network, where they put $1.4m towards Ushahidi over the next 2.5 years. What most people don’t realize about ON, is just how much they bring to the table beyond funding, including strategic advice, human capital help, leadership training and network connections. ...

Mobile Money use has spread rapidly in developing countries with a significant impact on financial inclusion and the lives of people in these countries....

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