[Cadre-politics] [Fwd: [DDN] Spend six months in Accra developing software…]

[Dan MacNeil]

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Subject: [DDN] Spend six months in Accra developing software…
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 08:45:09 -0400
From: Andy Carvin <acarvin at edc.org>
Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group 
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Organization: Center for Media & Community
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group 
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 From Ethan Zuckerman's blog:

Spend six months in Accra developing software

I get a decent number of emails asking for opportunities to travel to
Africa and work on technology projects. Since I haven’t worked with
Geekcorps since September 2004, my advice on this topic is usually
pretty generic - look at the UNITES program run by the UN Volunteers
program, and if you’re a Canadian, look at Netcorps/Cyberjeune.

But occasionally specific opportunities come up and I’m able to offer a
more direct recommendation. A few days ago, I heard from my friend Mark
Davies. Mark is a British entrepreneur who founded the remarkable
BusyInternet, the cybercafe and business center that serves as the heart
of Ghana’s online business community. Mark has a new company, BusyLab,
which is developing software relevant to the challenges of Africa, from
software designed to allow trade of goods via SMS and the internet, to
money transfer software, to automated systems to run cybercafes.

Mark’s got a great team of developers in Ghana, but they lack formal
development experience. So Mark’s inviting experienced developers to
come to Ghana, live in his (beautiful, comfortable) house in Accra and
spend six months helping the team understand writing and following
specifications, managing bugs and software versions, release management,
testing, and all the other good stuff associated with professional
software development.

If you’ve worked for several years in a production environment (in other
words, if your code lived in a CVS… :-) and you’re competent to manage
development in C++ or PHP… and if you’re interested in a job that will
be a blast but won’t pay a salary… check out what Mark’s got to offer.
He’s an amazing guy and, for the right person, this would be a
lifechanging opportunity.

<http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=814>

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