Kenyan IT firm scoops global HP award
BARCELONA – It was a moment of national pride today following the selection of Seven Seas Technologies, a locally owned Integrated IT systems solutions provider as this year’s HP Software partner of the year award recipient in Barcelona, Spain.
To win the highly coveted award from HP, one of the world’s leading enterprise software developers, Seven Seas Technologies managed to beat a strong field of IT solutions providers in the Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa region.
In a statement sent to newsrooms, Seven Seas Technologies CEO Michael Macharia expressed delight at his firm’s win in the global awards during the ongoing HP’s Software Universe event for 2010 which he described as an affirmation of Seven Seas Technologies global benchmark.
“The news from Barcelona this morning confirming our win in such a highly coveted and prestigious global convention speaks volumes of our international recognition,” Macharia said.“It’s also a clear vote of confidence on Kenya as an emerging Silicon Valley rivaling counterparts in India and even Silicon Valley itself.”
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African poverty: Falling faster than you think | vox - Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists
Sub-Saharan Africa has made little progress in reducing extreme poverty, according to the latest Millennium Development Report. This column presents evidence from 1970 to 2006 to the contrary.
Taken from an article on the Many Possibilities blog. Original image can be found here.
Broadband world: Connecting Africa
Interesting interactive map showing total user’s online and the spread of submarine cable systems (EASSy, SAT-3, etc) over time. Also includes a great article on Kenya (Nairobi) becoming East Africa’s “hi-tech hub” (Ushahidi was mentioned). We need more of these types of articles.
Ten Biggest Africa Stories Of 2010
Posted by Alexis Okeowo
Though I’ve lived in and write about the gigantic, endlessly fascinating continent that is Africa, I still find it difficult to keep up with the myriad of elections, celebrations, conflicts, and sporting matches that take place there each year. 2010 was no exception. Among the elating, disturbing, and promising, here’s what caught my eye.
The World Cup
A gay-rights movement in East Africa
Guinea’s presidential election
Shell’s oil spills in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Boko Haram, an Islamist terrorist sect
The International Criminal Court’s push for justice in Kenya
South Sudan’s imminent independence
Ivory Coast’s disastrous presidential runoff
Rwanda’s presidential election went off without a hitch
The summer’s bombings in Uganda
Afri-Facts
Africa possesses 99 percent of the world’s chrome resources, 85 percent of its platinum, 70 percent of its tantalite, 68 percent of its cobalt, and 54 percent of its gold.
The opening ceremony for the World Festival of Black Arts and Cultures, which runs from Friday through Dec. 31 in Dakar, Senegal, will feature performances by Angélique Kidjo, Youssou N’Dour, Carlinhos Brown and the Mahotella Queens…“The first festival in 1966 in Dakar…was to make a statement about the newly independent African states,” said Kwame Kwei-Armah, a British playwright and actor who is the festival’s artistic director. “This is the third one, and the theme of this festival is the African Renaissance. It’s about the Africa we want to create for tomorrow. It’s about artists across disciplines talking about the future of their art form.”
more, here.
