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21 Oct 2011

In the domestically popular suburban slang of Francophone Cameroon, the term “djoss” is often used to describe chatter or small talk. Last week, a few Douala-based Cameroonian techies launched a web application designed specifically for the purpose of chit-chat around television programs – Djoss.tv. Djoss.tv stands out because it joins the ranks of the daring [...]

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Tags: entertainment, fun, media, startups

Scratch Kids – Fighting Corruption with Technology

In: Buea|Community|Projects

5 Sep 2011

It’s a Video Game! Before you think we’re training firebrands and rebels at ActivSpaces, the technological fight against corruption is going to be a Scratch-based video game created by Scratch Club Buea. During the last session on Saturday, the kids decided they wanted to do a joint project and they went forth to come up [...]

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Tags: fun, games, learning, Scratch, tools

Harambe Cameroon: Transforming Problems Into Opportunities

In: Community|Competitions|Projects|Startups|Yaounde

2 Aug 2011

Think Innovatively, Act Locally & Connect Globally Harambe Cameroon, an organization promoting social entrepreneurship, recently held its first National Problem-Solvers’ business plan competition in Yaounde. 40 proposals had initially been submitted from university students countrywide but the top 5 were systematically selected. The teams behind them were in the capital city for 24 hours of incubation and [...]

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Tags: business plans, entrepreneurship, incubator, innovation, leadership, startups

The Development Marketplace

In: Community|Events|News|Projects|Yaounde

26 Jul 2011

At the Yaoundé Conference Center from July 14th – 15th, the World Bank hosted the finals of the Development Marketplace, a competitive program which had as objective to select and fund innovative projects with high potential for development impact. From 230 project proposals that had been submitted by civil society organizations covering the 10 regions [...]

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Tags: entrepreneurship, grants, ICT4D, ICT4Gov, impact, innovation, social, startups, World Bank

Scratch Club Buea

22 Jul 2011

When Richard Anderson (our most recent visiting fellow) introduced the kids at “Silicon Mountain” to Scratch, we knew we had a calling. For a long time we had focused our activities on a more mature age group, but Scratch reminds us that we need to get ICT4D leaders in the proper mindset from a tender [...]