CIWABA – Computer, Internet and Web Awareness for a Better Africa

Filed Under (Computers and Internet) by Uncle Che on 17-05-2010

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…when the vision includes many missions and and endless number of projects, you may want to give it a “legal” identity and put together a small group to help.

Running an NGO has always been part of my dreams. I can’t resist the urge to help friends and relatives who are in need, and if I have the opportunity of extending that far and wide, why should I take chances?

I was very happy when I started a project to help bloggers and prospective bloggers blog free of charge, and also educating the less “literate ones” on blogging. I called this project “Pen 2 Net“.

When Pen 2 Net started off, I noticed that female bloggers in Africa needed much more care and attention – encouragement, so I planned for a service specifically for that purpose. I called it Bloggress.

I am an Unsigned African artist (HipHop) and I know the type of problems I face. I am not alone in that domain. I hoped for a platform that could help my music get heard out there. CamHooD is a project that will be of great help to all unsigned African Artists.

The Afroweb is small and still growing. Information in it can easily get lost in the great pool of the world wide web. As a result, I saw the need of building a search engine specifically for African websites. These sites which rank very low on Google will have a better chance of someone getting them using a customized search engine powered by Google itself. I called this African search engine AfroWebia.

In the pipeline are two projects I deem very important too. The next will be a blogging platform for Africans who do not want to blog independently and and another will be some sort of a Computer Literacy Site for the “caveman”.

Bara Mark, the Analyst of Bareta Online, Now Allowing Membership on His Blog

Filed Under (Computers and Internet, News and Politics) by Uncle Che on 16-05-2010

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Oh yeah, Mark again. Still the same guy I talked about a while ago. His blog is humbly sponsored by Pen 2 Net and he is very proud about that. He hosts two text links to the home page and donation page of Pen 2 Net.

Recently, Bara Mark contacted the Chief of Pen 2 Net’s Support Staff (my humble self) requesting membership on his blog to be open to the public. In my response, I almost asked why he would do that but held my question back because I know he has 100% rights over his blog and should make any move he likes at any time as long as they don’t go against the Pen 2 Net’s terms of service.

On Bareta Online features a page labeled Your Say, where readers can anonymously post any information for publication on that same page. Bareta needed just more than anonymity. He believes very much in “freedom of speech” and clearly thinks that many people also do. He thereby wanted registration so that people who have enough courage for that can clearly identify themselves with their opinions.

All was done as the chief requested. Default user level on Bareta Online is “Author”. Wow!