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Comment on Visuals from Analysys Mason/Internet Society report highlight the need to lower Internet access barriers by oAfrica

oAfrica — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:20:00 +0000

Odd indeed…Looks like page 20 explains their rationale on ICASA: “All countries except South Africa and Burundi report a separate regulator able to make decisions autonomously from the government.”

Comment on Visuals from Analysys Mason/Internet Society report highlight the need to lower Internet access barriers by Charley Lewis

Charley Lewis — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:16:00 +0000

It’s hard to take seriously a report that thinks South Africa does not have an autonomous sector regulator! Did they mistake us for Swaziland???

Comment on Cote d’Ivôire online community mobilizes for progress by Netizen Report: Bahraini Blogger Surfaces After Two Years in Hiding - Global Voices Online - Online News Morocco | Online News Morocco

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:07:05 +0000

[...] and active Internet users in Cote d’Ivoire have elected their first “web representative”. oAfrica reports that “web mayor” Emmanuel Aswan, a graphic designer by training, will “work with a core [...]

Comment on Cote d’Ivôire online community mobilizes for progress by Netizen Report: Bahraini Blogger Surfaces After Two Years in Hiding - Global Voices Advocacy

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:39:11 +0000

[...] active Internet users in Cote d’Ivoire have elected their first “web representative”. oAfrica reports that “web mayor” Emmanuel Aswan, a graphic designer by training, will “work with [...]

Comment on Electronic waste recycling faces challenges by Fair Trade: On Our Interconnected World - Posted on May 11th, 2013 by Anna Versluis

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:28:07 +0000

[...] and the inevitable waste that is a byproduct of our current economy also has global impacts (see here for one [...]

Comment on What exactly is 3.75G? by GrooVeIP’s a Great Backup for Minute-Slurping Calls | Techie Today

GrooVeIP’s a Great Backup for Minute-Slurping Calls | Techie Today — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:47:18 +0000

[...] had a pleasant first morning strolling around an Egyptian town center haggling for a data-only 3.75G SIM card. I paid — or rather overpaid — about 30 bucks for four megabytes, which was [...]

Comment on Anonymous-aligned groups operate online in support of the African people by TechCabal | Lordbanks Weekly – Kenya, MTN, Interswitch And More

TechCabal | Lordbanks Weekly – Kenya, MTN, Interswitch And More — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:00:33 +0000

[...] Anonymous is in Africa. Apparently. OAfrica has a list African hacker cells that appear aligned to the global hacktivist organisation…although, it’s not clear if [...]

Comment on Universities Robotics platform serves as resource for universities in South Africa, Ghana by Fostering interest in robotics for African youth – oAfrica

Fostering interest in robotics for African youth – oAfrica — Sat, 04 May 2013 03:37:22 +0000

[...] information about how robotics is becoming more popular in Africa, check out our 2012 post on the Universities Robotics platform. Related Posts [...]

Comment on Startup Weekend enables companies to be created in 54 hours – even in Africa by Startup Weekends to be held in Lagos, Antananrivo, Praia, Douala, Khartoum – oAfrica

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:22:25 +0000

[...] Our lists of pre-October 2012 SW events and October 2012 – March 2013 SW events. Related Posts [...]

Comment on Tutorys brings social learning to Africa using online video tutorials by David Okwii

David Okwii — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:38:00 +0000

This is indeed ambitious! Am inspired by the bravery of such individuals.