South African Firm Builds a Web 2.0 Application

Seeded on Tue Sep 5, 2006 8:28 PM EDT (whiteafrican.com)

Synthasite is the work of South African firm incuBeta. It's a web-based application that allows you to build websites without having to know much of anything about HTML.

web2-0, technology, south-africa, africa, web, african, web-application, website

My Top 10 Web Tools for Bloggers

Seeded on Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:18 PM EDT (whiteafrican.com)

10 tools for bloggers that have I use daily and make my life easier. From blogbeat to Zookoda - your mileage might vary on what you use, but you owe it to yourself to check these out.

technology, blogging, blog, firefox, flickr, delicious, dreamhost, wordpress, technorati, ids

African Micro-Banking: What the "Big" Companies Don't Get

Seeded on Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:22 AM EDT (whiteafrican.com)

As the mobile telecoms and banks of East Africa try and develop platforms that allow people to tie into their particular system, they end up missing the big picture.

technology, credit, bank, africa, banking, kenya, debt, african, micro-banking

List'd Launches: An Easy, Fast and Free eBay Application!

Seeded on Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:22 AM EDT (getlistd.com)

A very slick and easy to use tool for eBay sellers. List'd is an easy and fast way to put your items on eBay, best of all it's free. That means free image hosting, free scheduled-listings and free templates.

web2-0, ebay, technology, internet, ecommerce, powerseller

Playpumps

Seeded on Mon Jun 5, 2006 11:53 PM EDT (afrigadget.com)

PlayPump is one innovate solution to the question of how to supply clean drinking water to African villages using children while at the same time contributing to their healthy and positive development.

technology, children, water, africa, development, african

A MAKE Philosphy for Africa — AfriGadget

Seeded on Wed May 31, 2006 5:55 PM EDT (afrigadget.com)

A new technology and gadget blog launches that is aimed squarely at Africa. AfriGadget.com is all about the unique solutions that Africans come up with to solve their problems. Gadgets for Africa: Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity

technology, africa, development, gadgets, african, gadget, afrigadget

Billionaire Businessman: A Tale of Two Startups

Seeded on Wed May 31, 2006 5:46 PM EDT (billionairebusinessman.blogspot.com)

Nicholas Ochiel is allowing signups for Cheeseforge, a web-based application for managing your budget(s). What's interesting is that this is an African-based startup - no Silicon Valley footprint here.

web2-0, technology, internet, africa, finance, kenya, startup

African Technology Powerhouses

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 8:03 PM EDT (whiteafrican.com)

There are three main areas of web technology innovation in Africa, three regions that define it. They are split geographically, have different focuses and are the recognized technology leaders in their region.

technology, nigeria, south-africa, africa, kenya, web, ghana

A Web Technology Idea for Africa

Seeded on Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:52 PM EST (whiteafrican.com)

I recently talked about how the web can change Africa, and how those of us who I termed the African Digerati, the people with an understanding of Africa and knowledge of technology, are the catalysts of that change.

technology, trade, phones, search, community, africa, news, mobile, cell, web

The Dark Continent: It's Still Dark

Seeded on Thu Mar 2, 2006 12:57 PM EST (whiteafrican.com)

Looking at the above maps, one can see that Africa is still dark infrastructurally, technologically and on top of that, the world just doesn't care. What does that mean for Africa and Africans?

technology, ideas, africa, change, african

OpenOffice, IBM, and Redmond buses

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:35 PM EST (-)

OpenOffice ads in Microsoft's Redmond, WA territory.

technology, washington, microsoft, windows, opensource, openoffice

Analyzing Real Estate Apps: Redfin.com

Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:42 PM EST

Redfin - www.redfin.com Release: Feb 2006 (has been around since 2002) Overview: Automates the process of buying a house online.

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web2-0, technology, washington, real-estate, realtor, redfin, realty

Analyzing Real Estate Apps: Trulia.com

Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:38 PM EST

Trulia - www.trulia.com Release: Sep 2005 Overview: Trulia plans to be THE real estate vertical search engine.

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web2-0, technology, ny, real-estate, california, realtor, realty, trulia

Analyzing Real Estate Apps: Propsmart.com

Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:35 PM EST

PropSmart – www.propsmart.com Release: Dec 2005 Overview: Propsmart seems to be no more than a mashup of Google Maps and scraped real estate listings.

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web2-0, technology, real-estate, realtor, realty, propsmart

Analyzing Real Estate Apps: PropertyShark.com

Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:29 PM EST

PropertyShark - www.propertyshark.com Released: Feb 2006 Overview: Designed primarily for use by appraisers and real estate professionals, provides users with the original data directly from government records, including sales price, mortgage amounts, document images, and owner

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web2-0, technology, real-estate, realtor, realty, propertyshark

Analyzing Real Estate Apps: Streeteasy.com

Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:20 PM EST

Streeteasy - www.streeteasy.com

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web2-0, technology, ny, real-estate, realtor, realty, streeteasy

Real Estate Web Apps Explode

Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:34 PM EST

The big buzz in real estate this week has been Zillow, the new web-based real estate application that allows you to search and analyze over 60 million homes nationwide.

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web2-0, technology, real-estate, estate, realtor, zillow, realty