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Net Tuesdays around the world: 6 new groups!

Amy Sample Ward

Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline in cities around the world at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. Lomé, Togo. I’m so excited about these new groups! Originally posted on the NetSquared blog.). Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Asheville, South Carolina.

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SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the world’s next bread basket, one solar water pump at a time

TechCrunch

But growing up, Ibrahim was told stories about East Africa. Ibrahim, who graduated from New York University in 2011, had long been drawn to the African continent. His father was born in Tanzania and his mother grew up in Kenya and they eventually found their way to the U.S. at an event for budding entrepreneurs in New York. .”

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

He says that organizations must understand what stories they want to tell with their data before gathering data sets. Some examples of NGOs using data visualization to tell important stories are also given. Open Source data NetSquared big data'

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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

Tech Soup

Here is ADB's story. In partnership with Orange France and Emmaus International, Clic Vert has developed electronics recycling and refurbishment workshops in Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Madagascar, and Togo to organize the collection and repair of used mobile phones.