Ten months ago, I summarized a handful of archival Western news stories on the subject of Internet penetration in Africa. Generally speaking, in the mid-’90s, there was great hope that Africa’s economic and social woes would be cured by ICT in a matter of years. Many felt that …

Ethiopia’s educational system, E. African broadband costs, G-Uganda, ITU stats

Kayambo, a recent addition to the search engine game in Mauritius, has a list of the 25 most popular search keywords this year (2010). Surprisingly, many of the terms are related to travel or business investment in the country. A breakdown:

Travel = 10
General = 6
Business = 5
News = 2
Other = …

How does one search for African sites on the Internet? Does he or she go the path of country-specific Google site, local upstart search engine, or targeted web directory? At one point, the most common method across the Internet was to browse or search custom web directories. However, the manual …

This is the fourth post in a series that intends to examine the ICT environment in large metropolitan areas of Africa that receive relatively little publicity and lack ICT framework. These cities are often overshadowed by Cape Town, Johannesburg, Cairo, Nairobi, Accra, and Lagos but still have a bright future …

COMESA summit on science & tech, Microsoft’s plans for Kenyan education, West African broadband