Jikomboe » 2009

Tuzo ya Bloggies 2009 imempa mwanablogu wa Afrika Kusini ushindi wa blogu bora ya Afrika kwa mwaka huu. Hii ni blogu ya “glad to be a girl.” Bonyeza hapa uone wanablogu wengine waliokuwa wanashindana naye na pia ujue zaidi kuhusu tuzo ya Bloggies.

Kuna “mwanablogu” Liberia ambaye hatumii kompyuta.
Sasa anablogu vipi? Unajiuliza.
Soma hapa utashangaa.

Eti unaweza kuamka siku moja Zimbabwe ukaambiwa, “Leo hakuna Intaneti!” Jumatatu ya tarehe 5 Machi, 2009, Intaneti “ilizimwa” Zimbabwe!

Most of Zimbabwe relies upon two possible ComOne provided paths for data traffic flowing out of the country. At around 10:30 pm on Monday 2nd March the most important of these links, a 17 Mb/s Intelsat connection shown as GlobalConnex on our live Internet Weather Report, ceased operating. We are reliably informed that it was disconnected for non-payment of account but have no official word on this from ComOne.

Soma habari hiyo hapa.

Mshiriki wa warsha (warsha inamaanisha kuwa watu mnakutana, mnaongea na kuongea na kuongea, mnakula na kulala bure kwenye hoteli nzuri, kisha mnaondoka!) ya masuala ya sera na sheria zinazohusu teknolojia katika nchi za Afrika Magharibi anayetoka Gambia anashangaa sana kuwa Mugabe ndiye anayeonekana kuwa ni mkuu wa madikteta Afrika. Anasema (mwanzoni nilidhani anatania, ilibidi nimfuate pembeni kumuuliza kama anayosema ni kweli) kuwa Yahya Jammeh, rais wa Gambia ana vyeo hivi:
1. Rais wa Jamhuri ya Gambia
2. Waziri wa Ulinzi
3. Waziri wa Habari
4. Waziri wa Kilimo
5. Waziri wa Masuala ya Dini

Halafu juu ya hayo ni Profesa na mtabibu. Anatibu ukimwi, kisukari, pumu, n.k. Ni kweli, amini usiamini. Ni Gambia hiyo!

TED ndio wale walioleta wanablogu 100 kwenye mkutano wa Africa: The Next Chapter pale Arusha mwana juzi. Kama una sifa wanazozitaka, unaweza kutuma maombi ya programu yao mpya iitwayo “The TED Fellows Program”:

The TED Fellows program is designed to bring together young world-changers and trailblazers who have shown unusual accomplishment and exceptional courage. The program targets individuals from the Asia/Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East, though anyone from anywhere in the world, age 18 and over, is welcome to apply.

Soma zaidi hapa.

Kumbe…
Picha hii ni asubuhi ya leo, Dakar, Senegal!

Kevin Kelly anaandika kitabu kwenye blogu yake, The Technium. Tazama video aliyoiweka ambayo inatazama maendeleo ya mwanadamu na teknolojia. Lazima ucheke ukiitazama. Lakini yanayosemwa, ingawa yanachekesha, ni mambo fulani ya kutafakari. Jamaa anasema, “”Everything is so amazing and nobody is happy.” Kwanini?

Kuna vuguvugu linaloendelea Uganda la kutumia blogu kama zana mpya kwa wanafasihi. Kumbe blogu sio za mambo ya siasa tu. Kuna habari nzuri juu ya hili inaitwa, “Uganda: The Literary Blogren.” Imeandikwa na Jackfruity kwenye Global Voices.

Carsozy is one of the blogren’s most prolific creative writers. His series, The Devil’s Bonfire, is the story of Simon Katende, a young Kampalan who leaves the city to visit his grandfather and gets mixed up in things he doesn’t understand…

Jon Gosier, an American living and working in Uganda, is also blogging a novel. Muxtionary, currently in its second chapter, is African science fiction.

Bonyeza hapa usome zaidi.

Waxal (inatamkwa Wa-hal) ni tuzo ya waandhishi wa habari wanaotumia zana mpya za mawasiliano. Tuzo hii inaendeshwa na Panos Institute (West Africa), Highway Africa na Global Voices Online. Washindi wa toleo la kwanza la tuzo hii wamepatikana. Mwandishi mmoja wa Tanzania, Emmanuel Onyango, blogu yake ni mojawapo ya blogu ambazo zimepewa pongezi maalum na majaji ingawa haikushinda. Hongera, Onyango! Bonyeza hapa ujue walioshinda na tuzo walizopata. Tafrija ya kuwakabidhi zawadi zao inafanyika jioni ya leo Dakar, Senegal.