digital nationalism in west africa
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Digital Nationalism IN WEST AFRICA. GHANA’S ACTIVIST-DEVELOPERS. Reginold Royston - BCNM, African Diaspora. Berkeley Center for New Media. Arts + Engineering + Social Science. AFRICA & TECHNOLOGY. Conflict Coltan (CONGO) 419 Scams + Sakawa (NIGERIA / GHANA) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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GHANA’S ACTIVIST-DEVELOPERS
DIGITAL NATIONALISM IN WEST AFRICA
Reginold Royston - BCNM, African Diaspora
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BERKELEY CENTER FOR NEW MEDIA
Arts + Engineering + Social Science
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AFRICA & TECHNOLOGY
• Conflict Coltan (CONGO)
• 419 Scams + Sakawa (NIGERIA / GHANA)
• eWaste (WEST AFRICA)
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‘LEAPFROG DEVELOPMENT’
• African Cell Phone Explosion
• Expanded Broadband access
• Mobile Web (M-Pesa money payments, wireless dongles, etc.)
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GHANA: ACTIVIST - DEVELOPERS
• GhanaDecides - 2012 election
• VoteKast.com
• BloggingGhana (BloGH)
• 9 BarCamp events in Ghana in 2012
• MakerFaire
• Ashesi University
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GHANA’S DIGERATI
• Dropifi, 2012 Global Start-up Winner
• RetailTower 2012 SF Launch winner
• Nandi Mobile 2011 SF Launch winner
• Farmerline 2011 Apps4Africa winner
• Leti Games
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School for Technology, Accra, GH
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DEMOCRATIZING INNOVATION
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