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Ramblings on technology and its use in the fight against poverty


Archive for July, 2007

BlogCatalog discussion forum rocks!

Posted in July 29th, 2007
by Clement Nyirenda in blogcatalog, blogosphere   Tags: blogcatalog, blogosphere, Blogs, promotion, surfing

In an effort to get my own share of the blogosphere, I promote my blog on a number of online platforms. Of these, BlogCatalog is currently the most exciting. I joined BlogCatalog earlier this month after landing on their page by sheer luck in yet another aimless surfing session. At first, I had a few [...]

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FUZZ-IEEE 2007 is in session

Posted in July 25th, 2007
by Clement Nyirenda in Conferences, UK, fuzzy logic, imperial college   Tags: Canada, college, Conferences, fuzzy logic, imperial college, london, UK, University, Vancouver

The Annual IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), one of the premier international conferences in the field of fuzzy systems is in session at Imperial College, London,UK. Having attended last year’s event in Vancouver, Canada, I really miss this year’s event. FUZZ-IEEE 2006 left a huge impact on my life and my career direction.

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The Access to Learning Award

Posted in July 22nd, 2007
by Clement Nyirenda in Africa, Bill Gates, award, learning   Tags: Africa, award, Bill Gates, learning, United States, USA

During one of my aimless web browing sessions after a very busy day, I stumbled upon a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation web page.This site announces that the foundation’s Global Libraries initiative invites applications from libraries and similar organizations outside the United States that have created new ways to offer these key services:

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Aodhan Cullen, the BusinessWeek Young Entrepreneur of the Year!!!

Posted in July 20th, 2007
by Clement Nyirenda in businessweek, statcounter   Tags: analytics, businessweek, entrepreneur, statcounter, technology, webstats

Aodhan Cullen, the guy who launched the booming Irish Web analytics startup known as Statcounter when he was just 16, is now the BusinessWeek Young Entrepreneur of the Year!!! I would like to congratulate Aodhan for the job well done. Although I have been a member of Statcounter for one year now, I did not [...]

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The need for more Africa based researchers and academicians to take an active role in IEEE – Part 1

Posted in July 18th, 2007
by Clement Nyirenda in IEEE, poverty   Tags: Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Gurdian, IEEE, Jeffrey Sachs, poverty, USA

According to the Gurdian Education Weekly of June 8, 2005, Africa is the world’s poorest continent, containing 18 of the 20 poorest countries in the world. In a related article, the Gurdian Unlimited further reports that relative to the rest of the world, Africa is getting poorer all the time. In view of this, it [...]

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Wireless Network for Health Applications project at the Malawi Polytechnic

Posted in July 3rd, 2007
by Clement Nyirenda in Health, VoIP, electrical engineering, wireless   Tags: elecrical engineering, Engineering, gmail, Health, ICT, Italy, malaria, radio, Trieste, USA, VoIP, wireless

In an effort to make engineering relevant to the society, the Electrical Engineering department at the Malawi Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi has been running the Wireless Network for Health Applications project since mid 2006. This work is being done with collaboration from the Radio Communications Unit, Aeronomy and Radio Propagation [...]

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