Moderated Ivory Coast debate attracts new Twitter users, Python training for Ghana

This is the sixth post in a series that intends to examine the ICT environment in 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 – …

By now, many Internet users interested in human rights or non-profits are probably aware of A Human Right’s campaign to buy an old TerreStar satellite. The publicity generated by the story (features on ABC News, Gizmodo, al-Jazeera, NRK Norway, 1000+ tweets and 1,600+ Facebook fans) is great for raising awareness, …

Five articles on mobile, perception, translated terminology, a Togolese centre

Zimbabwe’s Econet gains 400k broadband users since Oct, Ethio Telecom outlook, CINX update

Twitter provides individuals from all walks of life to communicate in a public forum. Twitter Search is a powerful tool that saves the past 6 days of tweets and allows users to browse on keyword or hashtag. Of course, we must remember that tweets are often intended as offhand/pithy/poorly constructed …