For US/DC folks, Barcamp Diaspora will be held at John Hopkins on July 25, 2009. The theme is “Investing our Talent Where it Counts.”

More details here.

Lazy, because the links are largely lifted from stuff I put up on twitter [yep, twitter still sucking dry my blogging mojo - it's like color tv vs. black and white].

Anyway, on to the links:

- African Venture Capital Fellows: Program aimed at promoting venture capital in Africa by educating and training future venture capitalists and leaders of high-growth and early stage companies based in Africa. Initial target countries - South Africa and Nigeria.

- Stanford’s E-corner: free videos and podcasts of leading Silicon Valley thought leaders.

- What Google should do in Africa - support Open… ( Read on! )

Date: June 27th, 2009
Location: Strathmore University
Time: 10 a.m - 9:00 pm
Cost: $15:00 beforehand, Kshs 1,000 at the door
Organizers: The geek-chick triumvirate - Juliana (Afromusing), Katrin Verclas, Jessica Colaco

What?
# A day-long camp on mobile tech 4 social change at Strathmore University in Nairobi
# Will explore mobile tech to advance social development and social change goals
# Will be participatory and interactive
# Is open to anyone with passion and interest in the topic
# Will include a fun afterparty with “Just a Band”

More details, click here.

From the website: “Techsoup Kenya programme aims to assist NGOs in Kenya by providing software for very low fees in conjunction with ICT donor partners (currently Microsoft), as well as by supporting NGOs to make the most of their ICT purchases and infrastructure.”

As you might know there have been numerous efforts both by Michaela Wrong and others in Kenya to try and circumvent the self-imposed ban that book-sellers in Nairobi have put on the book, It’s Our Turn to Eat.

Among the efforts is a programme called “It’s Our Turn to Read” where readings of the book will take place throughout the country along with discussions as well as distributing 5,000 copies of the book through various channels e.g. media (the Nairobi Star campaign(, street vendors, churches and school).

The first reading was done at the Kenya National Theater in Nairobi where… ( Read on! )