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From TED Talks in Arusha, Tanzania, Andrew Mwenda is a journalist from Uganda and an active critic of many forms of Western aid to Africa.

In this provocative talk, he asks us to reframe the “African question” — to look beyond the media’s stories of poverty, civil war and helplessness and see the opportunities for creating wealth and happiness throughout the continent.

Most important, he says, the solution to Africa’s problems is not more aid.

How does technology change over time? I was recently doing some reading on technology innovation and I came across this TED Talk by Chris Anderson, editor of WIRED Magazine. An interesting take on the phases that different technologies – like the DVD, the hard drive, VoIP & telephony – have evolved over time.
I think mobile telephony in African countries, especially in Kenya, squarely fall in this pattern. More on that later; for now, enjoy: