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Congratulations to mPedigree, entrant in USAID's Development 2.0 Challenge, and 2009 Tech Laureate, as announced by the Tech Awards today! Tech Awards reports that this year's 15 laureates were selected from among 650 nominations representing 66 countries.

The Global Development Commons is delighted to hear reports coming in from far and wide that Maker Faire Africa went off without a hitch and ignited innovation in Accra, Ghana.

Pakistan's Department of Agriculture and Livestock has recently launched an online portal to help farmers get the best information about market prices.  Often, farmers' harvests are priced by middle men who pay lower than market prices in order to increase profits.

Kabissa, a network of people who are working online and on the ground for positive change in Africa, has recently launched a new website devoted to connecting for Africa.

The inaugural African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM) closed its call for proposals and has exceeded expectations by collecting 733 business proposals.

Enter the 2009 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest today!

Nandan Nilekani, former head of Indian company Infosys Technologies, has left his old post to help the government in its new effort to fight corruption and leakage in assistance for the poor. He is now leading the newly created Unique Identification Authority of India, a Cabinet Post in India's Planning Commission.

Maker Faire Africa (MFA), a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention, will take place August 14-16 at the AITI Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Ghana's capital, Accra.

Come to Kelele, the first annual African Bloggers conference in Nairobi, Kenya October 29th-November 1st 2009. Kelele will be held in a diffrent African City each year and organized by a local committee. This year, the theam is "Beat Your Drum".