Comments on: NASA on Mars vs. Development in Africa?

By: what is wrong with this sentence? « pop bytes

what is wrong with this sentence? « pop bytes — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:55:14 +0000

[...] zero’ in which it can implement its pilot projects to fix such ailments. a sort of development junkie’s playground as it were. (see more at: dead aid). Either way, playgrounds are not supposed to be deadly and I [...]

By: Sophia La

Sophia La — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:15:30 +0000

RT @TopsyRT: NASA on Mars vs. Development in Africa? http://bit.ly/cwtIwo

By: lucky

lucky — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:34:28 +0000

@kiwanja – Is it just me or is FAILFaire http://is.gd/aRtGa exactly what you were alluding to in this post – http://bit.ly/ayc1OO ?

By: Joel Lehmann

Joel Lehmann — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:38:58 +0000

…let’s just for a moment assume that development aid (in its various forms) does actually generally NOT work. How come that there is a general tendency to lay the blame on Africa? Why not rather conclude that the whole concept of development aid just simply doesn’t work, regardless of where you try it? I don’t think the Marshall plan is a valid counter example, even if it seems – according to Moyo – that it seems to be at the origin of development aid in Africa. The comparison of development aid with commercial product development (Silicon Valley etc.) is not convincing at all. For example, the jobs of development aid workers depend on their efforts not being entirely successful (polemically speaking), while in Silicon Valley, the opposite is the case…

By: Mali Health Org.

Mali Health Org. — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:18:47 +0000

RT @brandingafrica: RT @kiwanja: "Africa is to development what Mars is to NASA". True or false? http://is.gd/7Kpht #development #thinking

By: James BonTempo

James BonTempo — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:14:47 +0000

Would love to participate in that conference RT @kiwanja: "Africa is to development what Mars is to NASA" http://is.gd/7Kpht #ict4d #fail

By: pabadsa1

pabadsa1 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:07:25 +0000

"Africa is to development what Mars is to NASA" http://bit.ly/cwtIwo

By: Rich Charbonneau

Rich Charbonneau — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:56:43 +0000

RT @kiwanja: Is Africa to development what Mars is to NASA? http://is.gd/7Kpht

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Most Tweeted Articles by Human_rights Experts — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:31:40 +0000

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By: kiwanja

kiwanja — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:28:07 +0000

@Lucky – Do it, my friend!

@Cynan – The interesting thing is, entrepreneurs usually have several attempts at something before finally getting it right and flying with it. ICT4D projects generally only get one chance – how many great initiatives which may have failed due to no fault of their own, might have succeeded if donors or organisations had stuck with them? And in terms of Africa “not having a track record of success”, you mean outsiders coming in and trying to impose things on the people, or failures by the people themselves?

By: Mifos Initiative

Mifos Initiative — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:06:55 +0000

RT @kiwanja "Africa is to development what Mars is to NASA" True or false? http://is.gd/7Kpht >We aim to prove tech impact & make that false

By: Akhila Kolisetty

Akhila Kolisetty — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:56:36 +0000

Interesting.. RT @jscarantino: RT @bikobiko: RT @kiwanja NASA on Mars vs. Development in Africa? http://bit.ly/cwtIwo