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		<title>Open Innovation Africa Summit in Nairobi</title>
		<link>http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/2012/05/23/open-innovation-africa-summit-in-nairobi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 12:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Tagoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stage is set for more than 200 of Africa’s top policy makers, developers, entrepreneurs and private enterprises to engage in three days of intense debate at the Open Innovation Africa Summit (OIAS) held in Nairobi, Kenya next week. The OIAS exists to stimulate discussion about the role of entrepreneurship, innovation and ICTs in Africa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girls in ICT Day in Ghana</title>
		<link>http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/2012/04/25/girls-in-ict-day-in-ghana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Tagoe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/?p=477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Girls in ICT Day is an initiative backed by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Member States to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of information and communication technologies (ICTs). This Day is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in April every year. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BlogCamp 2012: Voice of a New Generation</title>
		<link>http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/2012/04/19/blogcamp-2012-voice-of-a-new-generation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Tagoe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/?p=460</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Within the last few years, social media, riding on the wave of massive Internet growth, have become the new frontiers of engagement in all aspects of personal, corporate and civic affairs. Ghana has not been left out of this massive global development. The statistics speak for themselves: about 1.4 million active web users, 70% mobile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you in Brong Ahafo? Join us in Sunyani this weekend!</title>
		<link>http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/2012/04/18/470/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Tagoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BarCamp Sunyani 2012 is a FREE networking event to bring people together for a day of discussion, demos and dialogue about Sunyani, Ghana and beyond. It hopes to assemble Brong-Ahafo Regional stakeholders to network, build a supportive entreprising community and partner. BarCamp Sunyani 2012 will take place on April 21, 2012 at the Faculty of Forest Resources Technology on the KNUST Sunyani Campus. The working theme is &#8220;Harnessing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you in Ghana? Check out these events</title>
		<link>http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/2012/04/12/are-you-in-ghana-check-out-these-events/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Tagoe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/?p=453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After seeing some of my colleagues regret missing out on TEDxAccra, I have taken the pain to post the events below so you all could check them out and book these dates in your calendars Chale wote Street Festival This street &#8216;carnival seeks to  promote the exhibition of alternative art in Ghana and to nurture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top@pps launched in Accra</title>
		<link>http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/2012/04/12/toppps-launched-in-accra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Tagoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a very successful Online 2011 last year, Maximus Ametorgbor put up another splendid event at the Kofi Annan ICT center. On the day the event attracted a string of technology experts and entrepreneurs; Herman Chinnery Hesse (the SoftTribe), Ehigozie Benetie (Rancard Mobility), Bright Simmons (mPedigree), Michael Dakwa (Nandimobile) and a host of other achievers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Employment in Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/2012/04/11/youth-employment-in-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Tagoe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/?p=438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This month, the World Bank in collaboration with Africa Gathering will host a series of brainstorming sessions on youth employment in Africa. The sessions will be held in Ghana, Kenya and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the following dates: Friday, April 20 – Accra, Ghana Tuesday, April 24 – Nairobi, Kenya Friday, April [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you have a passion for Entrepreneurship? Apply for MEST today!</title>
		<link>http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/2012/03/22/do-you-have-a-passion-for-entrepreneurship-apply-for-mest-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Tagoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology, funded by Norwegian Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company Meltwater Group headquartered in San Francisco, is offering Ghanaian graduates interested in IT and entrepreneurship a unique scholarship opportunity to get trained and get funded to start IT based companies focused on global markets. ABOUT MEST: The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is a not-for-profit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get your Nokia phones fixed at its New Care Centers in Accra</title>
		<link>http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/2012/03/19/get-your-nokia-phones-fixed-at-its-new-care-centers-in-accra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Tagoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[World’s leading manufacturer of mobile devices, Nokia has launched 2 new Care centres in Accra. The centres are located in Asylum Down Roundabout and the Circle Mobile market. Speaking at the launch event the Deputy Minister for Greater Accra Nii Djamah Vanderpuye commended Nokia for its track record of producing durable reliable and innovative phones. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Lecture Weekends at MEST</title>
		<link>http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/2012/03/02/guest-lecture-weekends-at-mest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Tagoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very important part of the  MEST training is the Guest Lecture series. The Entrepreneurs-In-Training (EITs), founders in the Meltwater Incubator, fellows, faculty heads and staff get the rare opportunity to listen to presentation of successful entrepreneurs usually drawn from the technology/software indutry. And the exciting bit is, it happens four times a year!! Though it is [...]]]></description>
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