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Africa: Technology events in Africa

Monday, June 16th, 2008 @ 15:09 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda
Topics:: Internet & Telecoms, Technology
Languages:: English

A list of technology events taking place in Africa from White Africa: “I’m starting to compile a list of interesting technology events happening around the continent. If this ends up being useful, I’ll create a page to keep it updated. Let me know if you like it, or if there is someone already keeping a calender of sorts.”

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