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24 Feb 2012

It feels like Techie Thursday all over again. However, this Friday ActivSpaces is joining a number of African tech incubators in hosting a “Drupal in a day” training for the benefit of African developers. Valery Colong and Fua Tse of graduated ActivSpaces project Zinger Systems are covering the program. As clear demonstration, the Zinger Systems [...]

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Tags: apps, drupal, learning, programming, tools, workshop

Techie Thursday

In: Buea|Community

23 Feb 2012

After a thrilling weekend at #subCMR in Douala, we decided for a little comic relief at ActivSpaces Buea with a “Techie Thursday”. Sebastian Prengel, an über-geek member of ActivSpaces, thought it would be cool for us to initiate the newbies at the lab with a little hacking ritual. So today we’re having a little fun by [...]

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Tags: fun, hackers, learning, movies, TechieThursday

The Era Of #subCMR

7 Feb 2012

The West Cameroon leadership therefore opted to transform a “National Day” into a “Youth Day” as a tool for nation-building and consolidation, and greater mobilization of the population, most of whom were youths. -Youth & Nation-Building in Cameroon by Churchill Ewumbue-Monono The origin of Cameroon’s Youth Day was in itself a well calculated innovation. So it [...]

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Tags: #subCMR, entrepreneurship, openings, startups, workshop

Njorku Job Search Engine Scales Up, Expands Offerings

In: Buea|News|Startups

17 Dec 2011

Buea-based African job search engine Njorku rolled out a major update to its platform this week, with an eye toward improving relevance of search results, performance and scalability. Additionally, they have expanded their offerings to include job search in Uganda and Egypt. The Njorku search engine crawls websites with job and classified listings serving African [...]

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Tags: crawler, egypt, jobs, Njorku, scale, search, uganda

An ActivSpaces Story: Kiss of Light

In: Buea|Community|Projects|Startups|Uncategorized

14 Dec 2011

“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” -Anne Frank When I first came to Buea to join ActivSpaces, a night walk through the suburban residential areas revealed one outstanding insight: the paths stretched out into total darkness. It was only a matter of time before I heard the accounts [...]