Pamoja Media was mentioned on Kabissa as Joshua Wanyama, one of our founders made the TED 2009 Inaugural Fellows list. They say:

I was really glad to get this email from TED about their new TED Fellows program, especially because I saw many friends and tech innovators working in Africa among the first group of 40 TED Fellows. Wonderful things are indeed emerging from Africa! Congratulations, friends!

Intriguingly, there is an open application process to join so anybody between 21-40 years old, even you, can apply!

Here are the TED Fellows working in Africa that I already know and admire:

• Bola Olabisi: Founder of Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network; Nigeria/U.K.
• Erik Hersman: Cofounder of Ushahidi.com — a site providing online visualization of conflict areas; blogger for Afrigadget.com and White African; organizer, Maker Faire Africa. Kenya/U.S.
• Joshua Wanyama: Founder of Pamoja Media — the first African online advertising network; founder of African Path — an African Huffington Post. Kenya/U.S.
• Katrin Verclas: Mobile trends analyst and founder of Mobileactive.org — a global network of people using mobile technology for social impact. U.S. (not focussed on Africa but mobileactive.org is still very influential in Africa)

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