Coders4Africa

You will sometimes run into this issue when using CakePHP, I did  a few times, and randomly or so it seemed and the reason is in my case, and I want to bet in most cases, is that you are using the Auth Component, and added a new action to your controller, and simply forgot to add it to the allowed functions in the Auth Component. Make sure you add the action name that you want to be made available to anyone to the Auth.allow() call in your beforeFilter() function body in the controller where the action is defined.

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It’s been a month since the last iteration so there is a lot to go over. Let’s not then waste time:

• This right here is absolutely cool, straight:Teaching algorithms through kente cloth: a case for Culturally-Situated Educational Software
• Upcoming in December 2012 in Cote d’Ivoire, The WHUB: It’s a yearly conference and exhibition hosted by Waleya Hub, startup incubator and social business actor in Africa. The event provides with a unique opportunity to showcase a vibrant tech community in Africa and creates amazing networking experience to develop business activities and investments for the continent. This year edition of the Whub Internet and technologies conference and exhibition will take place in Abidjan, Cote d’ivoire from the 13th to the 15th of december 2012. Check it out, it will be worth it....

SenMobile, Makers of Yaboy, winner of the Ericsson Application Award at the App4Africa challenge.

Here is what has been happening in the world of African Tech this week:

• An interview with Jason Njoku, founder ofIrokoTV, known as the “netflix of Africa”. Some good insight in a young business that makes sense because the demand is there on it. On the challenges of growth in Africa, this particular nugget stood out to me:  “At present, more people watch iROKOtv in London than they do in the whole of Nigeria.”..

A lot happening and since my schedule cleared up a bit, let’s do a quick round of what’s been happening in the world of AfricaTech

• First, this is a must read by Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, titled “Will Europe Underdevelop Africa Again?“, on the inequities of the new Economic Partnership Agreements or EPAs being negotiated right now between between the EU and African Countries. The first two or three paragraphs are a summary of policy talk, it might discourage you but keep on because when Soludo comes around to his own thorough and “meticulate”(meticulous and articulate) analysis of why EPAs are a bad deal for African countries, you will most certainly find a lot of gems. It is my Pick of the Week.
• An African Renaissance is still 10 to 15 years away says Frost and Sullivan, still within my lifetime God willing!...

The programmer’s made dish!

A dish consisting of a number of different features and services together! 

It not only has made life intricately exhilarating but also expanded the IT technology worldwide. The mobile has been a successful device used to bring IT development....

A REPORT ON THE TRIP TO UGUNJA This took place between 30th March 2012 and 2nd April 2012. At first I can say this way the longest road trip I have ever had (9 hours) to Ugunja. We left Nairobi at 8.00 pm and arrived at 5.30 am in the morning. On arrival we had to wait for another 30 minutes for the arranged transport to arrive, then another 30 minutes to arrive at our arranged accommodation at Ukwala. I was too tired and had to take a one hour nap so that I can start my day....

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In an interesting reflection,Dinfin Mulupi over at HowWeMadeItInAfrica brings up a worry from investors in Kenya that the emphasis on social impact technology is distracting entrepreneurs from building real tech businesses. That’s a  good question to ask I believe, and legitimate from an investor point of view. As argued by Nikolai Barnwell of 88mph, an investment fund: