Team Eureka from Ethiopia! Team Members Full Names:Gezahegn Fikadu, Salessawi Ferede, Tewodros Kidane Mentor: SINTAYEHU CHALLA Title of Project:Dolphin: The Portable Heart Monitor Project Overview: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), heart attacks (myocardial infractions) are the leadi...

Saturday, June 27, 2009 from 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM (GMT+0300) My No.1 tech-girl, Jessie, has invited you and me to a day-long camp on mobile technology for social change at Strathmore University in Nairobi. We will explore mobile tech to advance social development and social change goals. As alwa...

The Semi-Finals round for East and Southern Africa for Imagine Cup is being held right here in Kenya at the United states International University tomorrow. There will be teams participating from Kenya(17), Uganda(2), Tanzania(1), Ethiopia(1) and Rwanda(1). The participants have projects in many dif...

On the 14th May 2009, Ericsson Kenya will be hosting an Ericsson Experience Day at the Sarit Centre. The aim of this day is to showcase Ericsson as an employer of choice to undergraduates/graduates from nine universities across Nairobi. Their main objective is to secure 15 top calibre graduates who ...

New school GIS to the traditional mapper is ‘Business Unusual’ rather than ‘Business as usual’… This event was one of the highlights of my tech-calendar for ’09. Hosted at the ILRI Nairobi(Uthiru) Campus Grounds, WhereCamp, was the free unconference for geogeograp...

After a relatively long hiatus, I am determined not to abandon this forum for a while now. With my exams out of the way, I will do a round-up similar to the November post for purposes of catching-up. Here we go… Aga Khan University: Projected Arts and Sciences University in Tanzania Last month...

Forwarded by Alex Gakuruke-internetusers@bdix.nethttp://www.bdix.net/mailman/listinfo/ke-internetusers Folks, There’s a proposed law called “Freedom of Information” and a Bill hasbeen prepared to that effect. I understand this law will repeal archaic “Sirikali” (Officia...

SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES TO THE KALASHAFILM AND TELEVISION AWARDS 2009WHAT IS KALASHA? The Kalasha Film and Television awards are the Kenya film and television awards designed toallow Kenyans to celebrate their cultural diversity through cinema and to recognize the role of film in the efforts to enhance...

Imagine Cup 2009 is the premier global student technology competition. Students are challenged to compete in finding ways to apply technology to solving some of the biggest problems faced by humanity today. The next edition of Imagine Cup (IC 2009), the world’s most talented students are cha...

It’s been two months of buzz, excitement, relief and disappointment for some. Not having been able to catch as much as a breath, I’ve decided to melt it all into a Round-Up, hopefully informative. Information and Communications BillWhen the village-cryer’s house is burning, he wail...