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22 Sep 2011

BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences (or unconferences) typically geared around technology, media, startups, open data, society and so on. They are open, participatory workshop events, the content of which is provided by participants. In keeping with tradition, there is no set speaker list before the day of the event and everyone is [...]

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Tags: BarCamp, ethiopia, iceAddis, media, open data, society, startups, technology, workshop

The CPS Congress Keep Their Eyes on the Sky(pe)

9 Aug 2011

Washington, DC | The Hilton | July 30th, 8:00am Scores of Cameroonian professionals in the diaspora and their foreign connections poured into the conference hall at The Hilton in Washington, D.C. The congress had been organized for the purpose of taking a keen look into the biggest issues facing Cameroonian communities both domestically and abroad. [...]

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Tags: AfriLabs, entrepreneurship, ICT4D, incubator, innovation, leadership, openings, projects, venture capital

The Development Marketplace

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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 Workshop Recap

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5 Jul 2011

Something New Possibly for the first time in the history of Cameroon, we had children between the ages of 12-16 learning how to program mini-games and animations, right here at ActivSpaces under the tutorship of our most recent visiting fellow, Richard Anderson. In a 3-day workshop from June 29th – July 1st, Richard took 23 [...]

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Tags: animation, games, ICT4D, learning, MIT, outreach, programming, Scratch, students, teaching, workshop

G-Cameroon Recap

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2 Jul 2011

Ask anybody what six-letter word excited Cameroon’s tech community in mid-June this year and they will yell: Google. G|Cameroon, a training workshop that ran from June 15th – 16th at Immeuble MAH, Akwa, Douala, saw an amazing turnout of Cameroon’s ICT vanguard. At ActivSpaces, we dubbed the theme of the workshop “G-Tools 101”. The lucky [...]