Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Google-is-Moving-in-East-Africa.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Google-is-Moving-in-East-Africa.html 7 Month old Google Kenya is starting to interact with the local hackers and devs. Just this Tuesday they sponsored the local Tuesday Skunkworks event, giving some of their thoughts on Kenya specifically. My friend, and fellow Kenyan blogger, Bankelele was in attendance and took notes. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Applying-the-Longtail-to-the-African-Mobile-Space.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Applying-the-Longtail-to-the-African-Mobile-Space.html The mobile applications space is getting more attention each day. Ken Banks has written up a good piece, in which he applies the long-tail theory to mobile applications in areas like Africa. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/The-$20-Billion-African-Remittance-Market.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/The-$20-Billion-African-Remittance-Market.html Remittances (money sent back home from Africans living abroad) back to Africa constitute some big numbers for Africa. About $10 billion gets sent to sub-Saharan Africa. That’s the official number of course, a World Bank report stated that it’s likely double that amount, due to Africans using non-traditional means to send capital back home. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Why-the-Internet-Matters-in-Africa.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Why-the-Internet-Matters-in-Africa.html If anyone doubts the power of the internet in Africa, they need to look no further than what is happening in Kenya right now. Kenya is balanced on the precarious edge of a cliff that could quickly descend into even more riots, bloodshed and government heavy-handedness. The people I’m talking to via Skype/email tell me that there are gunshots going off as we type… This isn’t Zimbabwe (yet), but it is still bad. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Africa-at-DEMO-08.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Africa-at-DEMO-08.html I’ve been sitting on this little nugget of information for the last month, but am happy to finally announce that I’ll be going to the DEMO ‘08 conference in January. DEMO is the leading conference for new technologies to launch. It’s generally packed with a ton of VC’s, startups and some really interesting people. DEMO is one of the very best conferences in the tech space and one that I’ve always wanted to attend. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Kenyas-Second-BarCamp.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Kenyas-Second-BarCamp.html I’ve been impressed to see the developers and bloggers from Kenya and South Africa taking the time to create gatherings where they can pass on knowledge - everyone ends up profiting from the experience. The techies in Nairobi have just concluded their 2nd BarCamp this year (the first was in March). http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/African-Stock-Market-Opportunities-Online.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/African-Stock-Market-Opportunities-Online.html The stock markets in Africa have shown incredible growth over the last few years. There are a lot of investors around the world interested in both information and analysis of the stocks, companies and countries where the exchanges are located. Invariably, entrepreneurs flock to where the money is and you start seeing some interesting websites show up. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Mubarak-Abdullahis-homemade-helicopter-takes-Nigerias-Kano-Plains-by-storm.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Mubarak-Abdullahis-homemade-helicopter-takes-Nigerias-Kano-Plains-by-storm.html Yahoo! News (among other sources) carries a story from October 21st about Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi of the Kano Plains of Nigeria who has built a working helicopter over the last 8 months using scrap aluminum and parts from a Honda Civic, an old Toyota and from the remains of a crashed Boeing 747. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Quick-Mobile-Hits-Around-Africa.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Quick-Mobile-Hits-Around-Africa.html 2go Rafiq wrote a review of a new mobile service out of South Africa called 2go. It enters the chat/social network fray with fellow South African competitor Mxit (past with interview Mxit’s Darryn Foster found here). http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Where-the-World-Sees-Junk-Africa-Recycles.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1360/Where-the-World-Sees-Junk-Africa-Recycles.html This post is dedicated to Blog Action Day, where thousands of blogs around the world unite to talk about one theme. This year it is the environment.