Berkman Luncheon Series – Innovation in Sub Saharan Africa

Friend of the blog Ethan Zuckerman will be speaking on September 2nd 2008 at the Berkman luncheon series, so is Eric Osiakwan of AfriSpa. The event will be webcast live at 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US) Bookmark the link and tune in if you can.

The Climate of Innovation Around Information Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghanaian internet entrepreneur and researcher Eric Osiakwan and the Berkman Center’s Ethan Zuckerman will discuss the climate for innovation around information technology in Sub-Saharan Africa. Eric and Ethan will talk about projects to improve connectivity to the continent and the business models these projects are pioneering, novel uses for mobile phone networks and the use of citizen media as a political force on the continent.

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2 Responses to “Berkman Luncheon Series – Innovation in Sub Saharan Africa”

Sean August 29th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

Sounds very interesting – do you know if there will be a video posted afterwards for those of us that can’t make it to Boston?

Berkman Center October 17th, 2008 at 11:27 am

Sean, the video was posted Berkman’s Interactive library.
Cheers,
Berkman Center

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