BarCamp Diaspora took place last Saturday July 25th in Washington DC and, for what we hear, it was a huge success! To prove it, here are a couple of short interviews by the multitalented Shara Karasic, who also live-tweeted the event.

The first interview is of one of the attendees, Frieda Obengapofo, who says:

All of us here, African-minded people, have a lot to give back. And we don't necessarily have to do it in the traditional way, we could give our skills, we could teach others what we have (knowledge-sharing)... We could also send money home and create all these small NGOs or partner with other NGOs already in existence, and make our continent much better.

Watch the whole thing here:

The second interview is with one of the organizers, the hyper-active Henry Barnor, who says that Africa needs to improve its research culture. The whole thing here:

The third interview is with one of the keynote speakers, Ashifi Gogo. He is CEO at Sproxil.com, a PhD Innovation Fellow at Dartmouth College, the Co-founder at mPedigree.org, and a 2009 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Here he talks about BarCamp Diaspora, mPedigree, and the future of scientific research in Ghana: