Africa: Doing Her Bit for Haiti

It is fun going to conferences and events that focus on subjects that are important to you. Once such event for me has been Africa Gathering. It not only focuses on the continent of my birth, but also how technology and social media can help with creating sustainable development. Two of my favourite subjects.
People most [...]

What can Africa teach the World about Technology?

Author: Alasdair Munn
tcg: The Communication Group
After attending Africa Gathering this weekend, the central key words and phrases I gained were:

Relevance
Solution based approach
Context
Understanding your stakeholders.
Sustainable (All four cornerstones)

In the West, particularly the US, the most publicised and most visible business model for the development of collaborative and people-connecting technologies have been the social network models. [...]