Events
Free tour of the Twitter world in 60 minutes by Allen Gunn of @aspirationtech Mar 16 11am PDT
BY: Tobias Eigen DATE: 10 March, 2010 - 10:29Many Kabissa members have been asking recently about twitter, how @kabissa uses it and how it relates to them. Learn more online through a free webinar led by Allen Gunn of @aspirationtech - spaces will be limited so click http://ow.ly/1giXZ to sign up now!
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Who's going to DrupalCon San Francisco April 19-21 2010?
BY: Tobias Eigen DATE: 10 March, 2010 - 08:47
I just received notice of the next Drupal Convention coming up next month, and am curious to see if African developers are planning to attend or contribute. Drupal is the open source platform that powers the Kabissa community website, and DrupalCon is always a much heralded and powerful event. Follow on twitter at @drupalcon and @drupal. Details below.
Mobile Web East Africa – a huge success and here is how you can find out what was discussed and the outcomes
BY: Matthew Dawes DATE: 5 March, 2010 - 13:54
In the first week of February Mobile Web East Africa was held in Nairobi, well over 110 participants took part from all echelons of the mobile ecosystem, with the ICT4D sector particularly well represented. Over the course of the two days there was a huge amount discussed and this would be a record breaking blog post if I were to repeat everything. So rather than going down that route I wanted to direct Kabissa members to the two best sources of information from the event:
Kibera Mpira Mtaani* started out as a football project but has always had aspirations of being more involved in the local community and helping the youth of Kibera to develop their talents. After the success of the 2009 informal schools football tournament and the first year of their library seeing eighteen students pass their KCPE (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education) thanks to KMM’s after school tuition, 2010 looks set to be even bigger and better for this Community Based Organisation.
Africa Gathering: New year, new website, new gatherings...
BY: Edward Scotcher DATE: 24 January, 2010 - 18:50Africa Gathering, the grass-roots tech/Africa Conference that helps people share ides for positive change, are celebrating the announcement of their 2010 event dates, with the launch of a new website.
Events are going to be taking place in Washington DC, Kampala, London, Paris, Dakar and Nairobi.
Tickets for the Washington DC and London events are on sale now.
The next stage of development in the East African ICT Sector – the evolving Mobile Web
BY: Matthew Dawes DATE: 18 January, 2010 - 16:40
Following on from the impact that SMS, Voice and Mobile Money has had on the African continent the next stage of mobile technology evolution appears to be in the process of development – with the upsurge in the use of the internet and applications on mobile handsets.
Quick visit to Washington DC - invitation to join opening reception to celebrate the life of Jutta Eigen
BY: Tobias Eigen DATE: 13 January, 2010 - 10:25
My mother, who passed away from cancer in 2002, is being honored this month in an art exhibition in Washington DC. I am coming for a few days to participate in the opening reception on Friday - and invite any and all Kabissa friends to join us in the celebration of her life. The event is free and open to the public. It would be a pleasure to meet DC-based Kabissa members and friends there.
I am also considering an impromptu meetup on Saturday evening at 6pm to discuss Kabissa plans for 2010 - please contact me if you are interested.
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On Bainbridge today? Get to the Grange to check out Products from Hamar Community in Ethiopia
BY: Tobias Eigen DATE: 6 December, 2009 - 10:13
I was pleased to see the announcement below in the mail from Kabissa member Global Team for Local Initiatives, a local organization based on Bainbridge Island that works with the Hamar, a small community in Ethiopia. They are selling Hamar products at the Grange today, Sunday 6 December.
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Blogging Positively: E-Guide, World AIDS Day Chat (Dec 3), and Project
BY: Janet Feldman DATE: 30 November, 2009 - 05:59Rising Voices (http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org) is pleased to announce the release of "Blogging Positively," a collection of case studies, interviews, and best practices about citizen media related to HIV/AIDS.
Copies in PDF form can be downloaded here: http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/guides
World's largest humanitarian network to meet for first time in Africa
BY: Daud Abdi DATE: 17 November, 2009 - 13:37
Nairobi/Geneva – Delegates from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement will gather in Nairobi from 18 to 25 November to address today’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. It's the first time ever that the world's largest humanitarian network will hold a Movement-wide meeting of its leaders in Africa.
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