OA News: May 8-15, 2011
May 15, 2011 » NewsNo Comment
- The Tanzanian government has given one company a monopoly power:
Why Tanzanian Internet Access Prices Have Not Decreased with the Arrival of SEACOM {ICT Works} - Jillian C. York discusses African online censorship:
Africa’s cascade of Internet censorship {Al Jazeera} - Intersat’s 5,000 kiosks are on the way:
Dubai offers internet leap for Africa {The National} - e-books are in store for Nigeria, but no serious plans seem to exist:
Going digital: the future of the Nigerian book {234Next} - Ghana’s 4th undersea cable arrived last week:
WACS undersea internet cable reaches Ghana {Reuters Africa} - SAT-3 experienced an outage last week:
Togo suffers Internet disruption {Afrique en ligne} - Multiple fibre projects are in progress across the country:
Zim shifts to fibre optic telecoms {IT News Africa} - A new whistleblowing website has launched in South Africa in a bid to facilitate a curbing of incidents of fraud, misconduct and corruption:
New whistleblowing website launched in SA {Creamer Media} - VSAT is still going strong despite growing interest in fibre delivery:
Satellite vs optic fibre – is there a case? {myBroadband.co.za} - IST-Africa took place last week:
ICT conference to benefit local companies {The Botswana Gazette} - In a 41-minute YouTube interview, Rwanda’s president spoke about technology, among other things:
ICT Will Accelerate Development – Kagame {The New Times via allAfrica.com} - Why isn’t there legislation in place to implement the one fibre pipe concept?
Co-location – is South Africa getting the picture? {myBroadband.co.za} - The Joburg Broadband Network Project (JBNP) is moving along at a steady pace and will be completed in 2013:
Joburg closer to digital city {Joburg} - Hardware prices have dropped and, as a result, the international market is interested in Africa:
Why it’s a good time to be developing mobile apps in Africa {memeburn} - The project is well-underway:
Implementation of First 4G WiMAX Network in Cameroon {GoingWiMAX} - Challenges facing Africa’s e-commerce boom are yielding to technological advancement:
The African ecommerce opportunity {memeburn} - Total dollars spend online on retails goods grew 30% last year and is expected to grow by 40% in 2011:
Online sales accelerate in South Africa {myBroadband.co.za} - Asking tech companies to provide more internships to university students:
Rwandan University Leader Calls for Greater Cooperation between Universities and Labor Markets {VOA News} - Women who have overcome the ICT gender barrier are helping to reduce the barrier for others:
Women Strive to Close ICT Gender Gap in Nigeria {Global Press Institute} - The Kenyan government gave Sh110.7 million ($1.3 million) to Family Bank in order to allow it to upgrade Internet access and online services in rural Kenya:
Kenya gov’t investing in Internet future {IT News Africa} - By linking citizens and municipalities, ICT can serve as an effective tool for strengthening urban governance:
DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT > ICT can serve as an effective tool for strengthening urban governance {WB via The Citizen}
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