OA News: May 25 – June 2, 2011
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- $75 billion has been invested in broadband in Africa in the last 10 years:
Spurred by Devices, Internet Usage Will Grow by 2015 – Study {WSJ} - Satellite broadband is still alive and well:
Satellite deal to expand internet broadband in Africa {BusinessDay} - Public institutions in rural areas of South Africa will receive satellite Internet starting in 2013:
SA’s rural areas get Internet {Sowetan} - Enhanced satellite capacity for DRC:
Newtec Tapped to Increase African Internet Service {Government Video} - TechCrunch article on how Ethiopia’s Internet is marred by government control:
The Unconquered Nation, Crippled By Bureaucrats {TechCrunch} - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi are to be connected by a fibre-optic network titled, East Africa Backhaul System:
East Africa invests a combined US$400m in fiber {Computerworld} - New data security products have been launched for the African market:
Unistal releases range of data care products in Africa {CIO} - Examples of how telecoms investments have bolstered ICT growth:
In Africa hi-tech is taking centre stage {Africa Renewal via News from Africa} - There are only 1,300 registered Internet cafes in South Africa, but 39% of urban South Africans are browsing the Internet on mobile phones:
10 Trends that are shaping media consumption {Moneyweb} - June 8th is World IPv6 Day, where more than 225 organizations will run an IPv6 trial:
World IPv6 Day Will Test New Internet Protocol {Newsfactor.com} - An assortment of presentations from the recent annual conference on ICT education:
eLearning Africa 2011 : Download PanAf Presentations {PanAf} - On the importance of private & government partnerships to end censorship:
From the e-G8: We must do a better job of connecting Africa to the Internet {ONE blog} - Fibre investment growing in southern Africa as broadband demand increases {Developing Telecoms}
- Africa poised to benefit from new waves of growth {Engineering News}
- Open peering with free links to JINX and CINX {myBroadband.co.za}
- 640 kbit/s in Douala at CFA 1000 for 90min/month:
The first 4G broadband wireless internet provider to start in Cameroon {GoingWiMAX} - Every major campus of every South African university will have broadband connectivity:
Broadband for universities by year-end {ITWeb} - 40% of Airtel’s African units will see extended 2G and 3G networks:
Airtel hands Huawei African 2G/3G network upgrade and expansion contract {TeleGeography} - More understanding needed to drive mobile health {Mobile Business Briefing}
- Samsung to drive content, apps for African market {Bizcommunity}
- The African value-added services market (content services) is growing by around 22% annually and could generate over $10bn in revenue by 2014:
ICT: From the ocean to the cloud {The Africa Report} - Second hand computers: a cause of concern in Uganda {Radio Netherlands Worldwide}
- Kamal is the founder and CEO of Craft Silicon, a Kenyan software company with offices in multiple countries:
Meet Kenya’s Bill Gates – Kamal Budhabatti {Forbes} - The World Wide Web Foundation warns against over-investing in fixed-line connections, especially in rural areas:
Mobile is the way forward {Times Live}
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