Afrigator

TweetAfrigator is an African social media aggregator. The site also gives an idea of the current distribution of bloggers in the continent: * South Africa 1055 blogs * Kenya 124 blogs * Africa General 108 blogs * Nigeria 93 blogs

Digital divide and social networking

TweetI’d not paid much attention to the MySpace debates until recently. I get very bored with the American paranoia about children online, since US parents are so good at being afraid for all the wrong reasons. Their reasons predictably involve teen sex, pedophiles, and (when they need some variety) computer games. Remember that these same [...]

Broadening access – US project

TweetA project to provide free wireless broadband – if this becomes a reality it should make broadband accessible to Americans of all income brackets. Can’t see anyone who’d be prepared to foot the bill for doing this here in South Africa, given the reluctance to provide other basics. Knysna, Tshwane and Joburg municipalities have smaller [...]