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AITI Information Session
Catalyze the Mobile Revolution in Africa
November 24th, 6pm in 2-105
Free pizza!
AITI gives MIT students the opportunity to learn and teach mobile technologies, grasp the African market, make contacts, help start businesses, and travel. Come to the info session to celebrate AITI's 10th year, and to learn more about AITI's goals, current activities, and future plans.
There are currently 240 million mobiles in Africa, and it is the world's fastest growing mobile market. However, there are few devices, services, applications or content specific to the African market. This potential excites entrepreneurs, computer scientists, universities, governments, and multinational corporations.
AITI is an MIT organization that seeks to promote economic development in Africa by cultivating young technology entrepreneurs and enabling them to innovate. The organization develops curriculum materials, software technologies, platforms, and networks that help African undergraduates to create businesses. AITI organizes summer courses at African universities taught by MIT undergrads and grads that focus on appropriate mobile technologies and entrepreneurship. We partner with corporations (Google, Safaricom), governments, and universities to offer effective programs.
For more information on AITI and ways in which you can help, please come to the info session on Tuesday Nov. 24th at 6pm in 2-105.
MISTI Animated Film Series
Join MISTI for a series of popular, recent animated films from around the world!
All movies presented in original language with subtitles and open to the public. Each presentation will be accompanied by a short talk from to give the context of the film.
The Sky Crawlers
co-sponsored by the MIT Anime Club
Monday, December 7
7:00pm in 6-120
Introduction by Professor Ian Condry
MIT-China interns launch "coolest college start-up" in America
The idea for Lingt Language came to MIT seniors Scot Frank and Chris Varenhorst while they were sitting in Chinese class. The students, who were preparing for trips abroad as part of the MIT-China program, found that their professors had little problem teaching the written language but, with 30 to 40 students in a class, teaching proper pronunciation was difficult... (read the article in Inc. magazine)
New video: MISTI and the Center for International Studies
