Africa Is Not A Country! Rosling discovered an outbreak of a paralytic disease known as and described in 1938 as konzo and the investigations that followed earned him a Ph. degree at Uppsala University in 1986. How would you describe the WE today? What does it mean to you? What is the driving force behind your work? What is the core idea behind Gapminder? You often use the expression continuous world - what do you mean by it? Exactly. Africa is NOT one country! You can clearly.

Welcome to the latest edition of WE magazine. Enjoy! Bea, Dominik and Ulrike. A Techie In Love With The Arts.

Was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. She has a Bachelor of Science from Seton Hall University in international relations and is finishing her M. A in Political Science at Indiana State University. Her topics of interest include, peace and conflict studies, African and Middle Eastern history, as well as economic development. She currently serves as the outreach director in Indiana for African Views. African Views desires in the long term to reach a wide audience through television, and ultimately, to have its.

Is the founder of Village Telco. A social enterprise that develops low-cost, Open Source, telephone network technology for use in under-serviced areas. He has spent the last three years as a fellow at the Shuttleworth Foundation in South Africa developing both advocacy and technology to drive down the cost of access for those who can least afford it. So what do we know about the impact of mobiles in Africa? High level macro economic studies by Leonard Waverman of the London Bus.

Our Culture A Source Of Life Affirming Joy. Emmanuel Charlse Richardson, 20, Cape Coast, Ghana. There was a time my mother and father met in life to be a couple and care for each other. It came to the point where my father and mum gave birth to my senior siblings. If you want to comment on this article you can do so over at.

Is a storyteller working with leading African brands, communications agencies and non-profits to improve communication and collaboration using mobile and the social web. He is currently Creative Director for strategic consultancy PlugIn Africa. To take a birds-eye view of the continent, we must continue to frame the conversation in context. This has to be the .

Mary Githinji, 26, Nairobi, Kenya. I have an advanced diploma in business information technology. I am a Web developer, freelancer. I have a passion for technology, I read a lot, and I also love to watch movies. Women in tech Please, tell us about the status quo in Africa, Marie. Any example where WE can already see the change? Akirachix is based in Kenya but they are planning to reach out to other parts in Africa and to the rest of t.

Radio As A Force For Peace. Was born in Paris, France. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Burundi. Since 1995 she has been deeply invoveld in producing radio shows from conflict areas, mainly in Africa. Her mission is peace building and driving social change for the better. That alone says more than a thousand words. What the ordinary citizen in Burundi had come to understand was that information is power. Radio in Burundi became the fourth estate. How do you build p.

Works as an independent development consultant. He is founder of THE SLUMCODE GROUP. You must give some time to your fellow men.

Is Chairman and CEO of the consultancy centre Nord-Sud Ventures , specializing in business intelligence, strategy and lobbying based in Algiers, Algeria. He was born in Algeria in 1962 and has degrees in international relations and economics from Berkeley University and in biology from the Algiers University of Science and Technology. He did further studies in strategy and government affairs at the Foreign Service Institute.