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The Dark Side of the Digital Humanities - Part 1

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:42:45 +0100

The Dark Side of the Digital Humanities - Part 1 :

By Wendy Hui Kyong Chun

***This talk was given on 1.4.2013 at the MLA. It focuses on a paradox surrounding DH: the disparity between the hype surrounding DH and the material work conditions surrounding much DH (adjunct/ soft money positions, the constant drive to raise funds, the lack of scholarly recognition of DH work for promotions). In it, I call for us to work together—across the various fields and divisions—to create a university that is fair and just for all (teachers, students, researchers). I also call for us to find value in what is often discarded as “useless” in order to take on the really hard problems that face us.

gosdot: Calvin and Hobbes on how I felt in grade school.

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:47:14 +0100

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Calvin and Hobbes on how I felt in grade school.

Kauffman Sketchbook - “Go Be An Entrepreneur”

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:37:28 +0100

Kauffman Sketchbook - “Go Be An Entrepreneur”

Technology Hubs In Africa, A New Culture of Community Driven Innovation?

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:36:00 +0100

Technology Hubs In Africa, A New Culture of Community Driven Innovation?:

Innovation hubs are neither a revolutionary idea nor a panacea for economic development. They are a logical development and serve a real need in countries where bottom-up and community-driven creative and IT industries are emerging, but state and private sector support systems are not sufficient to foster creativity and business creation. A number of factors, such as improvements in Internet infrastructure and the spread of mobile technology, have contributed to the developments currently taking place. There is much hype about hubs at present. Innovation hubs can be most effective when they harness the idea of openness and community-driven approaches. Instead of jumping on the bandwagon of creating new spaces, international investors and development organizations should find ways to collaborate at a partnership level that makes sense for both sides.

sanaga: Photographer Anthony Kurtz series of portraits of women...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:04:45 +0100

sanaga:

Photographer Anthony Kurtz series of portraits of women mechanics at Femme Auto in Dakar, Senegal.

Outstanding images

Launch of the Angel Investor network in Lagos Nigeria

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:38:00 +0100

The Lagos Innovation Hotspots is an initiative of the Co-creation Hub aimed at mapping hotspots representing clusters of emerging high growth and competitive businesses across Lagos. The current map, which has more than 170 listed businesses provides information on each cluster, businesses and location-based support services and illustrates exciting developments now underway in Lagos.

As the local community of entrepreneurs grows, a growing number of organizations and investors are looking to engage them. This was highlighted by the announcement of EchoVC, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. The new fund aims to invest $30 Million into Sub-Saharan Africa Start-ups and the team is comprised of former Intel Capital director, Eghosa Omoigui, early-stage technology investor, Shadi Mehraein and former VC Finance at Founders Fund, Amber Fowler.

This news was followed by the recent launch of the ‘Lagos Angel Network,’ a platform that brings together individuals and organisations seeking to invest in and mentor Nigerian technology start-ups. LAN is an initiative of Wennovation Hub. Founding Partners include the World Bank, InfoDev, Tony Elumelu Foundation and Alitheia Capital. The initiative is headed by VC4Africa member Tomi Davies and currently counts 15 Angel investors. Members of the network are expected to commit at least $6,000 a year to a common investment pool.

The time to start a new technology venture in Nigeria couldn’t be better!

Tech4Africa Google Hangout with African Tech Hubs

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:01:00 +0100

What is your number? What is your number? View Postshared via...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:19:34 +0100

What is your number?

What is your number?

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Population without mobile phones in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:32:16 +0200

Browse more data visualization.

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Why is DEMO coming to Africa?

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:51:00 +0200

Facebook Zero, feature phones and the ‘next billion’...

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:40:20 +0200

Facebook Zero, feature phones and the ‘next billion’ users

On October 4th, 2012, Facebook passed the billion user mark. These users generated some 1.13…

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Check out this week’s trending ventures and top stories on...

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:41:46 +0200

Check out this week’s trending ventures and top stories on VC4Africa http://eepurl.com/p4zDb Already our 20th edition!

Here is a great snapshot of the first 18 months building NeXT

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:40:05 +0200

Here is a great snapshot of the first 18 months building NeXT

So exciting to see Djoss.tv win the Cameroon Startup Challenge...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:02:06 +0200

So exciting to see Djoss.tv win the Cameroon Startup Challenge 2012. It was an electric evening with so much positive energy. It is so exciting to see the ranks of technology entrepreneurs grow in the country and these are still the early days of many exciting times ahead. The hope was that a competition like this would serve to further push the community forward.

Imagine the world’s entire population living in...

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:53:04 +0200

Imagine the world’s entire population living in Houston….

Great overview from iHub Research of innovation spaces in Kenya:...

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:33:37 +0200

Great overview from iHub Research of innovation spaces in Kenya: http://bit.ly/OLlISm

Global Remittance Flows

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:40:53 +0200

worldbank:

This visualization shows the global movements of money due to remittances (money sent by migrants to their home country). Data from the World Bank can be downloaded here.

Amazing to see the VC4Africa community grow so fast. We now have...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:27:21 +0200

Amazing to see the VC4Africa community grow so fast. We now have more than 20.000 fans and counting….

The VC4Africa community is growing now!

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:26:22 +0200

The VC4Africa community is growing now!

In the last year VC4Africa has made many changes to the website,...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:38:47 +0200

In the last year VC4Africa has made many changes to the website, and in our continued quest to build a robust support system for the community’s entrepreneurs. To better capture this story we set out to produce a fun animation. Our friend and adviserJonathan Marks wrote and voiced the script for this. He worked with Piedade Rodrigues, a design student who interns at VC4Africa, who gets full credit for the animation.