Fragments from earlier eras of writing — numbered in the order they were found, dated by the year of their creation. A thought does not lose its value with age.

Anno XVI — Smart Cities

2016. Partnering with MEDx.care to build Smart City Governance platforms for public health in Africa.

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  3 Steps to Healthy Smart Cities
  By 2030, UN HABITAT expects 67% of the world population to live in cities. Cities in Africa can address public health challenges by drafting a clear agenda closely linked to urbanization plans.
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Anno XIV — Africa Development

2014. Essays on economic development, Africapitalism, and the role of innovation in Central Africa.

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  Innovation & Jobs creation in Cameroon
  Eras of technological progress and economic growth are the result of some key technologies commonly known as General Purpose Technologies, from which derives subsequent innovations.
  Fragment Anno XIV
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  Another Perspective on Sub-Saharan Africa Development – Part 2
  Urbanization, Healthcare and Education are major components of human development and constitute strategic areas where sub-saharan countries should invest heavily.
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  Another Perspective on Sub-Saharan Africa Development – Part 1
  What does long term development mean today in Central Africa? We believe development schemes have to be rethought and that human resources accounts for a bigger part of the 'wealth of nations'.
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Anno XIII — Camidus Foundation

2013. A non-profit fostering innovation in Central Africa. The CommunoBox project — building postal codes and a cadastral system for Cameroon.

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  Camidus Foundation — CommunoBox: Postal Codes & Cadastral Maps for Cameroon
  How do you deliver mail in a city with no addresses? The Camidus Foundation's CommunoBox project tackled postal coverage in Cameroon — and discovered that the real problem was land registration.
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Anno XI — Innovation Tales

Montréal, 2011. A WordPress blog where each post began with a speculative fiction prelude — imagining how the technology might evolve — followed by analysis, then a "Parallel World" epilogue set in the future.

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  Facebook blue collars
  800 millions of people, 800 millions of souls. 800 millions of humans using Facebook day by day, not only to connect with pals, but also as a marketplace to sell things or an open space to share id...
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  UAV or UFO
  During the past decade, the U.S. army has used drones to engage into reconnaissance missions or offensive strikes in hostile areas. Transfer of drones' technology from the military to the civilian ...
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  Still waiting for the iPhone 5
  With Siri, Apple enters a new era of innovations; the race to the internet has reached an equilibrium with most of the devices able to connect either to a data or wi-fi network. Apple is now puttin...
  Fragment Anno XI
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  Facebook Timeline and life's memories
  Facebook is leveraging what is called Autobiographical Memory in psychology, it is a portion of our brains' memory system which relates objects, people and events with specific time and locations.
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  Tablet, tablet tell me who is smarter
  Decades from now, there is a big chance tablets will play a role in the way we learn. But one of the questions to ask ourselves is if using tablets at school will make us smarter or just more depen...
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  Innovation or the reason why I chose engineering
  As a child, I grew up with the desire to change my environment and make things better. I remember spending holidays at my grand-mother's house; there no electricity there just an oil lamp sitting a...
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Anno VIII — AferkiwVidi

Montréal, 2008. Un espace de réflexion pour le cinéma panafricain — co-written with Huguette Yere. Fragments recovered from the Wayback Machine.

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  Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages
  Le grand-père, trônant dans sa grotte bleue, explique : “L’histoire de Kirikou et la sorcière était trop courte. On n’a pas eu le temps de rapporter tout ce que l’enfant avait accompli. Et il a vra...
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  Kirikou et la sorcière
  Le minuscule Kirikou nait dans un village d’Afrique sur lequel une sorciere, Karaba, a jete un terrible sort: la source est assechee, les villageois ranconnes, les hommes sont kidnappes et disparai...
  Fragment Anno VIII
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  Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry de Cheick Fantamady Camara
  Bangali alias BB est un journaliste caricaturiste moderne et progressiste. Son père Karamo ainsi que son frère aîné Amine sont plutôt rompus à la pratique religieuse et au respect des traditions an...
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  AferkiwVidi — Un espace de réflexion pour le cinéma panafricain
  par Serge Poueme & Huguette Yere
  En 2008, avec Huguette Yere, nous avons créé AferkiwVidi — un blog dédié au cinéma panafricain. Festivals, portraits de cinéastes, critiques de films : nous voulions documenter une scène culturelle...
  Fragment Anno VIII

Anno Ø — Voyages

Undated fragments. Travel journals and early observations — written between eras, preserved as found.

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  Panama — Journal de voyage
  Premier voyage en Amérique centrale et premier vrai choc culturel. À mon arrivée à l'aéroport de Mexico, je lis encore le petit guide d'espagnol latin que j'ai acheté il y quelques heures à Montréal.
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