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1. The Open Yaba Manifesto is here, and you can start contributing right now. Link 2. Why do women lead only 5 percent of Africa’s companies? Adesua Dozie’s question (Medium post) is important because while everyone is currently talking about the rampant sexism in Silicon Valley, if someone started to rattle the cans down here, the amount of shit that will come pouring out will confound everyone. 3. A town in South Africa is reportedly planning to float their own digital currency. But this is not any town, this is an Afrikaaner-only town called Orania, which has its own currency and I don’t know enough about ZA geopolitics to have a useful opinion on the subject, so please proceed by yourself. 4. African filmmakers are beginning to explore using virtual reality to tell intricate stories. Link 5. Congrats to Dot Learn, who are the first runner up in the Cisco global problem solver challenge. Link 6. If you’re based in the Bay Area, and you’re somehow not subscribed to the Devcolor newsletter (if you are white, you are excused, ahem), you should check out the last edition. LinkIf you are a graphic designer aged between 18 and 35 with excellent logo design skills, you can win a laptop, a tablet, or a smartphone by participating in the NIPOST Logo Redesign Competition. Entries are open from June 25th – July 15th, so hurry and apply here.
