OA News: June 27 – July 3, 2011
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- Based on tests performed in November 2010, South Africa’s mobile operators have a ways to go in terms of quality:
Mobile operators fail quality test: ICASA {myBroadband.co.za} - Stickiness, viral marketing, monopoly, barrier of entry, and globality are the ‘big five’ factors an online business has to take in account if it hopes to achieve its goals:
Successful online African businesses require ‘big five’ {Bizcommunity} - 1,500 youth from Ghana, Liberia, Togo and Nigeria recently attended the Strategic Future Leaders Public Lecture and Conference:
African Youth challenged to be Innovators {Ghana News Agency} - Increasing connectivity in the Western Cape:
Vodacom backs township ICT {Gadget} - Consumers signing up with 8ta will receive 10 gigs of data for a mere R199 a month:
Best broadband deal in SA — ever {Mail & Guardian} - Ten years ago, South African Internet connections accounted for half of those in Africa. Now, that number stands at less than 25% (and less than Morocco or Nigeria).
SA broadband a ‘tragic story’ – Koos Bekker {TechCentral} - Editorial: Broadband’s true value {The New Age}
- The power of youth to influence smartphone and mobile network usage. 40 slides:
mobileYouth South Africa Whitepaper {mobileYouth via slideshare} - Most initiatives do not require smartphones:
The mobile health technology boom in South Africa might not be as flashy, but may be more effective {iMedicalApps} - Visualizing Informa Telecoms & Media stats about smartphones in Africa:
Mobile phones in Africa {Afrografique} - The first Mobile Monday chapter meeting for French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa took place last Monday:
Mira Networks backs inaugural Mobile Monday in Senegal {Bizcommunity} - A World Bank/African Development Bank project looks at opportunities and challenges for ICT in Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco:
THE STRATEGIC APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN AFRICA: CROSS-CUTTING STUDY OF SCALE IN THE ICT SECTOR {World Bank via eTransformAfrica} - Cameroon gets 4G:
4G network launched in Sub-Saharan Africa {Nigeria Latest News} - ITU Secretary-General, Dr Hamadoun Tourégave, says the need for multi-sectoral plans towards broadband development cannot be over-emphaised:
ITU calls for Nigerian broadband policy {IT News Africa} - Qualcomm has had offices in Africa since 2007 and is currently seeking to ‘accelerate the [mobile] ecosystem’:
Broadband for the people — The next generation of mobile data access {memeburn} - Activate 2011: Mobiles look set to play a big role in Africa’s development {The Guardian}
- Using Google Trends to track Internet searches for democracy, Africa, Somalia, Darfur, etc. (Interesting poem in the comments section, by the way):
Is Cyberspace the Key to African Development, or a Sideshow? {ThinkAfricaPress} - Penny auction sites, although popular in South Africa, are considered morally questionable to some:
Taking an online gamble {IOL} - Results from the Exploratory Research on Sexuality and the Internet:
India and South Africa: The hidden story of sex on the internet {GenderIT.org} - The ISPA Hall of Shame report is aimed to help consumers manage unsolicited bulk email:
E-Mail Spammers in South Africa named and shamed {myBroadband.co.za} - The magazine recently ran an article on apps, Pivot25, data, costs, and more:
Silicon Savanna: Mobile Phones Transform Africa {TIME} - Erik Hersman takes your input in advance of a meeting with Google managers:
What Should Google Do in Africa? {WhiteAfrican}
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