Appfricast 20 – The Consumerist
Mark Kaigwa is the co-founder of a startup that crowdsources consumer complaints to encourage engagement and action from the companies and brands they’re about. You might call it the GetSatisfaction of Kenya. He and I had a chat at the iHub launch in Kenya about entrepreneurship, the importance of co-founders, and following your vision. Download … Read more
Appfricast 19 – Curating and Verifying Realtime News
Information wants to be flow and it wants to flow torrentially. Twitter, SMS, E-mail, RSS and more offer unprecedented access to first-hand accounts of events. But with these methods for delivery comes the deluge of overwhelming re-tweets, cross-chatter, spam and inaccuracies. How do you distinguish signal from noise? How can you automate the process of … Read more
Appfricast 18 – A Chat with Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web visits Kampala to discuss the history of the web as well as the future of the semantic web, the mobile web, and Africa’s opportunities. Recorded at TEDxKampala on Nov 23, 2009. Download or Stream the Podcast – MP3 | Subscribe LINKS Tim Berners-Lee’s TED Talk ReadWriteWeb’s … Read more
Appfricast 17 – Google Earth Gets Around
Rebecca Moore of Google talks Google Earth, Google Earth Outreach, Sketchup and Maps. Also a bit about TEDxKampala, the new Android Phone and AfricaGIS in Kampala, Uganda. Download or Stream the Podcast – MP3 | Subscribe
Appfricast 16 – Ujima and the Future of Journalism
Reporter Ron Nixon of the New York Times recently sat down with me to discuss the future of journalism and his own project, Ujima. Download or Stream the Podcast – MP3 | Subscribe
Appfricast 15 – A Conversation With Meklit
Meklit Hadero is a singer, songwriter, thinker and activist who exudes passion for the arts and her native Ethiopia. She’s a member of the Red Poppy Art House, a San Francisco artspace, venue and hub. Later this year, she and more than a dozen creatives of the Ethiopian diaspora will travel from all over the … Read more
Appfricast 14 – ExhausTED
After returning from TED Global 2009 Jon talks about what it’s like to present on the TED stage, what it’s like to be a fellow and what the TED community is like. Also Teddy Ruge from ProjectDiaspora.org drops by Appfrica Labs for a quick interview about his latest projects and how he was almost an … Read more
Appfricast 13 – Ask Us Anything
Ask Us Anything. Audio interviews with participants in Grameen’s CKW program and users of the ‘all questions answered’ service, Questionbox. Details about Question Box’s pilot in Uganda where we’re headed and the results of some of our research. Also, Jon talks about Google’s new SMS applications, Uganda’s plan to ban used computers, the real-time web, … Read more
Appfricast 12 – Balancing Act
Balancing Act. Russell Southwood from the Balancing Act consultancy sits down with Natalie and I to discuss consumer protection rights, the future of technology in Africa and mobile currency systems MTN Mobile Money and Safaricom’s MPesa. Russell’s group Balancing Act seeks to be the primary source for information on the telecoms, Internet and audio-visual media … Read more
Appfricast 11 – Natalie’s First Day
Natalie’s First Day. Appfricast has a new co-host and her name is Natalie Kimbugwe! Natalie will be joining us week-after-week to discuss the latest in African IT news and current events. As the female founder of a start-up here in Kampala, she offers unique insight into the IT industry, policy making and….Shaggy?! Download or Stream … Read more
