As announced on Twitter, I presented a talk on mobile technology in Malawi at today’s BlogCamp in Zurich to share what I’m learning from the African blogs and tweets that I follow on a regular basis.
I started my talk with a short intro on Chiperoni (I am a bridge blogger somewhere [...]
I stumbled across this blog by Josh Nesbit discussing the use of FrontlineSMS, a tool to set up a text-based communications network, in a rural health project in Namitete, Malawi.
Here’s a 7 minute long interview with one of the community health worker. At about 3:00 she starts [...]
Malawi blogger Victor Kaonga writes about the long queue at the Road Traffic office:
NDAGHA: What I saw at the Road Traffic Office in Lilongwe
I waited in a similar queue in Blantyre during my visit last year.
Cy has uploaded a video discussing the benefits of mobile technology for farmers in Malawi:
stumbled across this:
Malawi Travel Guide and Bicycle Touring Guide
Not very detailed though. The south is less hilly than the north. Ok.
Chinese restaurant in downtown Blantyre in Malawi.
(BTW, this is a Chiperoni.ch Internet Marketing experiment….
If you read this blog post and then end up going to eat at this BT restaurant, please tell the owners where you first heard about it…)
I spent a couple of sunny, winter days in Malawi’s biggest city, visiting family and meeting friends.
I’ve started uploading some of my snapshots to Flickr. More to come as I sift thru the GBs of data.
Travel was uneventful, except for the [...]
Bennett has listed an overview of Malawi radio stations:
MBC Radio 1 (state broadcaster) MBC Radio 2 FM (state broadcaster) Capital FM Power 101 FM (Provides live internet streaming) Radio Maria Malawi (Provides 24 hr live internet streaming from Malawi. Currently my fave, because it brings me closer home when I am outside [...]
