A Wonderfullyrich World

So I have a job. It’s a starter job, but it’s a good start. I’m a Designer with appfrica.org, which is a shop here in Uganda founded by Jon Gosier, another American here in k’la, which is an incubator software design shop. I say incubator as he’s been hiring locals, talented programmers out of school generally. It’s got good press, an increasingly known brand name, and some good projects it’s already working on. I’m not specifically a web designer, but I’m up for the challenge and interested in pitching in with these guys as it’s a great model. It’s a brilliant bridge between western business and african empowerment. It’s capable of bi-directional learning, leverages western investment and african prices so is market ready, as well as being socially responsible.

As this is a starter job, I’m also looking at doing other things in addition (or perhaps under the appfrica umbrella) as well. I’m headed to Gulu here tomorrow for another opportunity which might also prove interesting.