Mickey and I have been pretty busy these past few months.

Our Africa Rural Connect project with the National Peace Corps Association has gone into its fourth round of the competition. We have been really pleased for our client as they continue to receive national and international media attention for this project; recently the Washington Post and The Seattle Times mentioned the ARC project, and it was featured on the radio across the African continent on Voice of America.

So, what’s Africa Rural Connect?

Africa Rural Connect introduces and encourages a new form of global collaboration. It uses technology to enable anyone in the world to build upon the ideas of others. When you read someone’s idea for Africa, not only can you comment on it and endorse it, you can rewrite it by adding information from your own personal experience and insight.

We also have been working to roll out new updates for wegora. A version of wegora is actually what is powering Africa Rural Connect, and it’s the secret sauce that made this challenging project even possible.

Sssh! You didn’t hear this from me, but the ARC project was developed and deployed in three months, which is an amazing accomplishment in and of itself. Typically a project of this kind takes 6 to 12 months but the requirements of this project dictated a very aggressive schedule.  Several of my professional peers (aka competitors) expressed the view that we were crazy for taking it on, but that’s what we do at Infamia. We take big risks for great projects, and we make it happen.

And, if you’re going to do that as a contractor, you better really believe in the project! Of course, this project resonated with Mickey and me, and it resonated with our client, wegora. The vision there was to make this happen. Everyone got passionately on-board and we got it done.

If you haven’t yet signed up for Africa Rural Connect, please do. No idea is too small, no plan too elaborate. Just get on and take a look around and let us know what you think.

Related articles

• Bring your Ideas to Africa (ONE.org)
• Former Peace Corps Volunteers Called Back to Service (U.S. News & World Report)
• Africa Collaboration Goes Global (Change.org)

Tags: Africa Rural Connect, Infamia, National Peace Corps Association, Social Entrepreneurship, Startups, Technology, Wegora

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