African bloggers make some noise

Can blogging transform societies? More provocatively, can it speed up the process of development? We're about to find out: the African Bloggers Conference will be taking place in Nairobi this August. This will be the first of what the organizers are hoping will become an annual event. And they're looking for sponsors. Hello, Bill Gates? Are you listening? The antics at the TED2009 conference were fun, but this is your chance to support homegrown change.

(Thanks to Giulio Quaggiotto for the pointer.)