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Learning about the Q Fund
I ran into some folks tonight who know the founders of the Q Fund, an organization dedicated to ensure a free education for vulnerable children so they can realize their dreams and talents. Yes,...
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Sustainability Includes Planet AND People
If you ask five friends what it means to be sustainable, you'll likely get five varying interpretations. Most response would center on the treatment of the natural environment, or possibly the ability...
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Joule, the South African Electric Car
[Blogging Tour - South Africa 08] This morning we went to Optimal Energy in Cape Town to meet with CEO Kobus Meiring for a presentation of the South African electric car A.K.A. Joule. Presented last...
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South Africa Sluggish on Wind Power
In many parts of the world, the winds of change may be blowing towards renewables, but don’t expect the South African government to participate. That’s the assessment of Herman Oelsner, president of...
View ArticleRosebank Hotel refurbished and rocking
This post is a few days late but nonetheless deserves to be written as the Rosebank Hotel really is worth visiting if you get the chance. Working in Rosebank I have, over the past months, driven past...
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America Gives South Africa Tourism Love
The United States has overtaken Germany as the second-biggest market for South African tourism, according to Wendy Tiou, Global Manager of Communications for South Africa Tourism. (The U.K. is number...
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South Africa’s Joule Electric Car
Optimal Energy CEO Kobus Meiring Presenting the Joule Electric Car Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary which shows the roles of American automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, and...
View ArticleChange in South African Housing
Here is a choppy and quick video that compares the current state of “shantytown” housing in Soweto with the homes that are being built to replace them. Eric, a local, narrates. The shantytown section...
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For governments, no easy energy choices ahead
A developing situation in South Africa may hint at what lies ahead for the world’s nations, a future holding no easy choices when it comes to making and using electricity. State-owned utility Eskom...
View ArticleSoweto’s Mall Offers High-End Designers
Another recent Sowetan triumph is the Maponya Mall. With more than 180 tenants and 1.5 million monthly visitors, it’s Soweto’s first major upmarket retail space. It was built by Richard Maponya, an...
View ArticleWeb predictions for the new year
We may be in the throes of a global financial crisis, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see innovation on the web. In fact, leading trend analysis blog Read Write Web reminds us of the old cliché that...
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“SA companies beat internet giant to the pinch”
Um, received this rather surreal press release yesterday. Not sure I would have sent this out as a piece of public relations, myself. It’s likely that Google will respond, either with a polite...
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The internet in South Africa: A tale of woe and hope
The tale of doom and gloom about the uncompetitive South African telecoms market is all too familiar. It’s kept a stranglehold on internet growth in this country, meaning the country has performed way...
View ArticleJune Arunga on Western Attitudes Towards Business in Africa
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At #rebootbritain: tech and risk taking can help restore a gov’t and an economy
Okay, I was on a panel involving serious use of tech for innovation. Long story, but my focus was on how a lot of people in the US, gov't and private industry, know how to get stuff done. That's...
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UK, US shared challenges to transformational gov’t
In the UK, I had the opportunity to speak with a few people involved in the transformation of UK government. They include Labour and Tories, elected officials and civil servants. Much of the...
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Cape Town: The Silicon Valley of Africa?
Silicon Cape is a new event in South Africa started by investors and entrepreneurs who have spent time in Silicon Valley. More than an event, it’s a brand, an idea that everyone could ‘rally around’...
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Chris Anderson on the democratization of manufacturing and distribution
Every five or ten years, myself and my colleagues reflect on how much we used to pay for technology and how we’re able to do things we couldn’t do before because it was cost prohibitive. • It used to...
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UK Diary: Friday – Cambridge – The Innovation Capital Of Europe
It’s Friday Morning and it’s an early 7.30 am start for the Traveling Geeks… JD Lasica is the unsung hero of the Traveling Geeks. He has invested hundreds of hours in organizing this trip. By Friday...
View ArticleMake Poverty History
Intel’s Tristan Wilkinson introduced me to Chris Ward from Comic Relief while I was in the UK. He’s working on a campaign called 1GOAL that goes live on August 20th. 1GOAL’s mission is essentially to...
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A Kiwi’s Mission to get Millions of Women Pregnant
Below is Shamus Husheer, the genius behind DuoFertility, which is being launched in the UK this month. Shamus’ Mission? To get millions of women pregnant. Below Shamus holds the monitor that consists...
View ArticleParis Diary: The Joie de Vivre of French Entrepreneurs…
I’m bowled over by the French startups and entrepreneurs I’ve been meeting the past two days. Lots of passion, energy, smarts, and great ideas. I’m totally surprised because I had a totally different...
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Paris Diary: Putting “French” Back Into Entrepreneur
The quality of the French startups we have been meeting with all week, has been very good. It seems as if the French can once again claim back ‘entrepreneur’ instead of it being sometimes derisively...
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With the Traveling Geeks @ Paris Incubator
The Traveling Geeks visited one of the five incubators from Paris Development, a joint venture between the City of Paris and the Paris Chamber of Commerce. Paris Development has been in place for 10...
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With the Traveling Geeks @ Pearltrees
The Traveling Geeks met with Patrice Lamothe from Pearltrees (@pearltrees) for nearly two hours at the beginning of the Traveling Geeks tour. This guy is running the Internet startup buzz playbook like...
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