Archive for June, 2009
Episode 2: Tibusiso, Multimedia Student in Swaziland, Africa, On BarCampSwaziland & Tech
Swaziland, Africa. I had a chance to meet up with a delightful young woman at BarCamp Swaziland this week. TibusisoM is a multimedia student with an interest in technology. She heard about BarCampSwaziland via radio broadcast a couple days before the event. Hosted by YouthAssets.org, BarCampSwaziland brought together technology experts and enthusiasts for a day [...]
Interview with Jennifer Sly of YouthAssets: On Google G1 Phone & Google Maps in Swaziland, Africa
Swaziland, Africa We had the good fortune to join Jennifer Sly, Founder of YouthAssets, in Swaziland, Africa last week as she traveled to various youth homesteads. Along the way, Jennifer told us about how she used Google’s G1 phone and Google GPS Maps to find the remote homestead of a 12 year old boy she [...]
Episode 1: Hans Chung, Co-Founder & CEO of MokuGift: Using Virtual Goods To Combat Global Climate Change
This week we caught up with Hans Chung, co-founder of MokuGift, at a cafe in San Francisco’s Union Square. MokuGift is a new social venture that aims to combat climate change by enabling individuals to plant a tree. All for only $1. Hear what Hans has to say about MokuGift and United Nations Environment Program: [...]
Nyiwung Valery Colong, Tech Lead (AMIS): On Mobile Phones, SMS, & Farming in Cameroon, Africa
We met up with Nyiwung Valery Colong, Technology Lead for AMIS (Agricultural Marketing Information Services), in Silicon Valley, California in May 2009 at TechSoupGlobal’s N2Y4 Conference. AMIS is a project that uses SMS technology and mobile phones to deliver real-time information services to farmers in Cameroon, Africa. The project was a N2Y4 Mobile Challenge finalist, [...]
