A look through news stories dating from 1994 to 1998 provides a glimpse into the infancy of Africa’s Internet years. In general, there was great hope that Africa’s economic and social woes would be cured by ICT in a matter of years. Many felt that Africa could skip dial-up and …

June 2011 Update: Twitter is hands down the largest online community engaged in conversation about African ICT4D.
Google Groups is definitely not the place to look to connect with others interested in African ICT. More than a dozen Google groups have been founded on this topic. However, only a handful are …

For those who don’t know, Alexa, a web information company, keeps a list of popular sites by category and by visitor location. Alexa’s list of Top Sites by Country may not include every country, but it still provides information on the browsing habits of 16 African nations. Such empirical data …

The lowest common denominator is the first issue a web designer needs to address. The type of connection and the type of computer used to access a websit will dictate if a website can load at all. Such forethought is especially necessary for websites that target users in developing nations, …

According to one source, only a handful of African countries had Twitter users in mid-2007, whereas all but three (Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City) European nations had registered users on the site. Most African users were from either South Africa or Egypt, a statistic that mirrors Internet penetration rates …

Dating from August 2009, this was the first post ever on the site. We wrote, “with some effort the entire continent will have viable Internet options.” What an understatement…