The Arithmetic of Empathy
"In one recent experiment, Slovic presented subjects with a picture of "Rokia," a starving child in Mali, and asked them how much they'd be willing to give to help feed her. Then he showed a different group photos of two Malinese children — "Rokia and Moussa." The group presented with two kids gave 15 percent less than those shown just one child. In a related experiment, people were asked to donate money to help a dying child. When a second set of subjects was asked to donate to a group of eight children dying of the same cause, the average donation was 50 percent lower." [Wired]

 

"One of the most frequently purchased items in Second Life is genitalia."

http://www.getafirstlife.com/
[thanks Dan]

Political satire on Facebook...

Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga has two facebook profiles. In one of them, his only friend appears to be the very dodgy Artur Margaryan. The other, which seems more likely to be real, says that Raila is " Raila is Working hard to cement ODMK unity".

Meanwhile, presidential hopfeul Kalonzo has a profile, but he only has 11 Facebook friends in Kenya.  President Mwai Kibaki seems to have 172 friends in Kenya, putting him ahead in the Facebook Kenyan election race. Minister Charity Ngilu seems to have only three friends in Kenya.

Does a black screen consume less power or a white one?

The black version of Google, Blackle, may have its carbon foot in mouth...

Finally. I get invited to something new. Mosh from Nokia in beta. I hope it makes it easy to post photos from the phone to the web. Opera photo blog didn't work for me...

The benefits of globalisation: Kenyan soapstone Simpsons merchandise

 

Map of Nairobi earthquakes (actually centred in Tanzania) - another one just now (17:30) - felt bigger than last night's...

If you were wondering why Jeff Koinange is no longer on CNN, read this

Bastiat Prize 2007: Submission Open
IPN's Bastiat Prize for Journalism was inspired by the 19th-century French philosopher and journalist Frédéric Bastiat. The prize was developed to encourage and reward writers whose published works eloquently and wittily elucidate the institutions of a free society: limited government, rule of law brokered by an independent judiciary, protection of private property, free markets, free speech, and sound science. The prize (a total of USD $15,000) will be split among First, Second and Third placed winners.

Vacancy announcement for a Regional Communication Officer in Eastern and Central Africa - supporting our country programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda.

http://ecaf.savethechildren.se/East_Central_Africa/Abo ut-us/Job-vacancies/

BBC Seeking Young Kenyan Entrepreneurs

The BBC's Head of Swahili, Solomon Mugera is seeking young business minded Kenyans to take part in the broadcaster's competition Prosper with the BBC.  The competition launched in early April and has already attracted hundreds of KiSwahili speakers across Africa but nothing so far from Kenya.

"I am convinced many young Kenyans have interesting ideas for money-making projects which will launch their business careers and serve their local communities," he said. "We just need to raise awareness of the competition and the opportunities it will bring."

Prosper with the BBC is open to young Swahili-speakers aged 16 to 24. They are invited to submit their proposals on how they can start a successful business that has a positive impact on their community, using US $2,000.

The winner of the competition, which closes for entries on Wednesday 2 May, will address the Commonwealth Business Symposium during the Commonwealth Heads of State Summit in Uganda in November, and win US $2,000 and a laptop computer. The second and third runners-up will be awarded $600 and $400 respectively, plus a mobile phone. The results will be announced at Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and broadcast live on BBC Swahili radio and online, via bbcswahili.com , at 6.30pm EAT on Wednesday 27 June.

Is this the first Kenyan video game? The Adventures of Nyangi.
[via Balancing Act]

In Kenya? Have a business plan? Enter a competition (deadline end-May) to win up to Ksh2.8 million and a trip to the Netherlands from www.bidnetwork.com.

Jobs: Global Voices is seeking to hire a half-time co-Managing Editor.