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IDRC: Innovations for ICTs in Africa
December 4, 2009 ♦ No Comment

The Connectivity Africa program is funded by Canada’s IDRC. The main points of the video is to highlight what the organization provides for Africa.

Connectivity & Health: The use of PDAs & access points in Uganda, telemedicine in Algeria allows videoconferencing between hospitals and rural communities, treating HIV patients in South …

East Africa Report – Digital Marketplace
November 17, 2009 ♦ One Comment

This video, posted on YouTube in early November by ABNDigital, highlights the up-and-coming digital marketplace in Kenya. Not only do Kenyans living abroad purchase items for relatives in Kenya, but Kenyans now enjoy shopping from their own homes or local access points. In fact, the video mentions how a growing …

Integrating agriculture and ICT
October 25, 2009 ♦ No Comment

Although this video was posted over 2 years ago, the advice remains pertinent today. The description, translated from French:
TV Koodo is a program sponsored by IICD for presenting the problems of agriculture and ICT in developing countries and especially the dissemination of agricultural prices with ICT in Burkina Faso. This …

BBC Report: Kenya Gets Broadband
October 20, 2009 ♦ No Comment

A BBC report from the SEACOM landing station in Mombasa and various locations around Kenya. The segment investigates how increased bandwidth will reduce costs for agencies, allow farmers to share information, and allow students to learn in new ways. Is the Internet this generations new independence? Watch and judge for …

Unleashing Africa’s Potential
September 29, 2009 ♦ No Comment

Produced by The World Bank: “East and Southern Africa is the only region in the world not connected to the global broadband infrastructure. This ‘missing link’ explains why the region accounts for less than one percent of the world’s bandwidth capacity.”