07 July 2010, Grahamstown – South Africa
A last-minute change of venue could not stop the crowds: the Rhodes Great Hall slowly filled up with DCI speakers, participants and sponsors who after the speeches and snacks danced the night away. Zimbabwean poet Ronald Jongwe recited his poem while walking through the crowd and blowing everyone away with his loud voice and clear [...]
Sat, September 5 2009 » News » No Comments
Crowd-source translation is a new trend in the blogosphere where a group of volunteers translate blog posts into different languages. “Instead of waiting forever the way to go is to open up a platform where volunteers can translate. People need to take the initiatve”, says Elia Varela Serra (Maneno.org) during the DCI’s first panel [...]
Sat, September 5 2009 » News » No Comments
“In Africa the web is understood as not controlled by the state, it is seen as an opportunity by civil society for a digital voice and to freedom of expression”, says well-known blogger Dibussi Tande from Cameroon, who is the keynote speaker at DCI 4.0. “But now how do we use Internet under the [...]
Sat, September 5 2009 » News » 2 Comments
In South Africa there are communities living on platinum deposits who are facing human rights violations. Another community is divided over a titanium mining application on the Wild Coast. Freelance journalist Stephan Hofstatter will elaborate on these challenges during the Sunday 11:30 DCI panel “Technology for Social Change: Land, Environment and Health”.
Fri, September 4 2009 » News » No Comments
