The Daily Entrepreneur: Mobile Uganda and the Case for Business

Published May 08, 2009 @ 06:01PM PT

Felix Kitaka, Africa's Mark Zuckerberg?

Status.ug: A Local Mobile Portal for Facebook: Jon Gosier's Appfrica shop aggressively asserts that there are incredible financial opportunities for web services in the developing world. I'm going to scream this story until the whole venture industry jumps on planes.

Are the Only Innovations in Social Entrepreneurship Anglo-Saxon?: Social Edge hosts an incredible important (and fervent!) conversation about the potential elitism and imperialism of our field.

Charity vs Business: The Business Case: Tony Wang writes a really excellent post on how to invest capital with the greatest possible for social return.

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If you've not connected with Ned.com, which originated from Omidyar.net, arguably the first network for social enterprise it's worth looking up for groups like Life in Africa

http://www.ned.com/group/lia-global/

A special mention here for a friend, Kayiwa Fred, his football club for orphans and the computer club he's been trying to get off the ground over the last few years.

http://www.ned.com/group/kjt/

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Posted by Jeff Mowatt on 05/10/2009 @ 12:48AM PT
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Nathaniel is the founder of Assetmap, a San Francisco-based startup that builds web tools to help people better visualize and leverage their social capital. Before that, he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.