BarCamp Nairobi 2010: Day 1 Introduction
Morning Session BarCamp Nairobi kicked off today with participants arriving as early as 8:30am. The event began with Erik Hersman of Ushahidi welcoming everyone for the event, and announcing the day’s...
View ArticleBarCamp Nairobi 2010: Day 1 Lightening Sessions
Lightning Sessions The morning session is over, having seen great presentations and interactive sessions. Next up are the Lightening sessions, organized by Judith Owigar. In the lightning sessions,...
View ArticleBarCamp Nairobi 2010: Day 1(Google room at NaiLab)
Zuku startup index is an open, community-managed and free startup tracking database for the Kenyan startup and Investor Community. Currently it’s connecting angel investors to east african artists and...
View ArticleBarcamp Nairobi 2010: Day 1 Wrap Up
In the afternoon session,BarCamp Nairobi resumed right after lunch. This session kicked off with Mike Macharia, C.E.O of Seven Seas.He talked about the importance of mentorship for young entrepreneurs...
View ArticleThe Open Data Pre- Incubator
The full power of Open Data in Kenya is yet to be fully realized. Kenya is the first African country to embrace open data and is lauded globally for the enthusiasm and rapid pace at which the Kenya...
View ArticleOf Coders and Post – it Notes
Empathy. Defining. Ideating. Prototyping and Testing. These are the design thinking principles that Coders from the Code4Kenya initiative learnt over a one day workshop held yesterday at m:Lab East...
View ArticleThe Mobile Applications Bubble – will it pop?
Kenya is missing the point when it comes to technology. Kenyans sometimes forget that they are still in a third world country. But for tech developers and those in the tech industry, to forget this is...
View ArticleHacks / Hackers Launch
The worlds of technologists and journalists are coming together, as reporting goes digital and Internet companies becomes media empires. Journalists call themselves “hacks”, someone who can churn out...
View ArticleEngineering Code
On Monday during the iHub’s fortnightly Show and Tell, we caught up with Topher Kanyuga, a Green member, who describes himself as ‘old’ at only 23. (He is referring to the fact his first interaction...
View ArticleUnorthodox Ways of Finding Funding for StartUps
Join the conversation here There’s a story in tech circles, of how one Startup raised funding for its operations: They put a beggar outside the offices door, and hang a sign that read: “Please support...
View ArticleArizona Innovation Challenge: Up to $3 million a year to innovative companies
Speaking of unorthodox ways to find funding, the following is a great example: Having read Ushahidi Co-Founder’s Erik Hersman’s article: From Kenya to Madagascar: The African Tech Hub Boom , Hank...
View ArticleHarnessing Technology for Peace
Ability to create positive impact is one of the qualities that gives technology power. Harnessing this power can lead to great impact within a society. Find out how one young woman set out to do...
View ArticleWho Owns Your Startup?
By Phares Kariuki When your startup finally makes it big, who will own it? And when it comes to it, will you as the CEO acknowledge your loyal troops who’ve turned a one-man Startup into a successful...
View ArticleTech In Kenya: Growth and What Gov’t Can do
When media reported that Craft Silicon, a Nairobi based financial software firm was moving to Singapore, many were not surprised. However, this optimism is under threat as Craft Silicon, a major player...
View ArticleWrite for iHub
Are you passionate about technology, innovation and entrepreneurship? iHub is looking to put out great stories about techpreneurs in the space, what they are doing, as well as stories about the greater...
View ArticleHow Nigeria Is Using Kenyan Technology
The federal government of Nigeria has announced plans to distribute 10 million free mobile phones to its farmers in 2013 in order to deliver fertiliser and seed subsidies to e-wallets on their phones....
View ArticlePhones Switch Off | How It Was Done, Why and What Next
On Sunday night, many around the country slept uneasy; not knowing whether their phone was among the 1.5 million handsets that the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) had directed switched off....
View ArticleIntroduction to Infographics and Data Visualization
Visualization, according to Nathan Yau in Visualize This , is one of the best ways to explore and try to understand large data sets. The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is launching its...
View ArticleIntel in Africa – A Heck Of A Fight Part I
“The number of transistors incorporated in a chip will approximately double every 24 months” – Gordon Moore, Intel co-Founder. Gordon Moore’s famous 1965 observation has stood the test of an...
View ArticleIntel in Africa – A Heck of A Fight Part II
(Read Part I) Intel’s Onslaught into Mobile Intel’s processors power 80% of all desktops worldwide. Yet, Intel which dominates the processors space, recognizes that mobile is the next direction. It has...
View ArticleiHub Tech Community Hangout Sessions
The iHub, together with global experts drawn from Google will host regular Wednesday Q&A sessions and invites the tech community to live interactive meet-ups. What? The tech community plugs in to...
View ArticlePower to Mortals
Never in the history of humanity has man had more power at his hands to influence the world in which he lives. Man now harnesses tools that were not even imagined a century ago to predict weather, plan...
View ArticleNipeUkweli – What Role Will You Play?
What you do in the next days before, during, and after elections can help to maintain peace and calm during this election period. Umati, an online media monitoring project – the first of its kind to...
View ArticleiHub Partners With Intel
iHub is pleased to announce a partnership with Intel which will see both organizations work together to nurture the growth of the tech community by training developers and scaling mobile apps. iHub is...
View ArticleA Few Good Men
They are a dying kind; a sort almost relegated to the dotcom days of the nineties. A people who, in their hey-day could hack code for complex systems without sleep 60 hours straight. The legend goes...
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