Africa Articles
The Wireless Internet Opportunity For Developing Countries
The greatest aspect of this document is that it represents how often the most successful cases of adoption is grassroots and local -- this type of development does not work well when it is imposed by some NGO or corporation.
Beautiful Maps of Africa
Just discovered a beautiful resource of maps (mostly environmental info, especially soil) for most of the countries of Africa.
Cellphones in Africa
Today's New York Times carries a front-page article about the growth of the cell phone industry in Africa.
Blood Diamonds in the News
The bigger issue, Zuckerman points out, is that there are any number of products that the Rich Folks of the world are consuming that cause economic and social trauma in the same way that the diamond industry does
Brief Clip from a Great WorldChanging.com Post
LinuxChix Africa manages to shatter two stereotypes at the same time: the idea that women aren't interested in free/open source software development; and the idea that women in Africa are bound to traditional cultural roles.