Ben has done extensive ethnographic research on the emergence of software cultures in and around Kampala, Uganda. He helped establish the East Africa ICT Entrepreneurship program at Hivos and has taught a course in Interactive Media and Entrepreneurship at the HvA. Ben is a founding member of AfriLabs, a network of African technology incubators. In 2007 he founded VC4Africa as a community for entrepreneurs and investors dedicated to building innovative companies in Africa.