OA News: August 3, 2010
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- The Vice Rector of Pentecost University College has called on African leaders and entrepreneurs to invest more resources into education, with a special focus on ICT:
Invest in ICT education {Ghanaian Chronicle} - Bottom up private sector strategies or top down government approach?
Growing Africa’s Internet use: Top down vs bottom up – Which way is up? {balancing act} - The African Union Communications and Information Technology Ministerial Conference will attempt to implement the Cairo Decision of 2008:
African experts assesses ICT implementation in the continent {African Press Agency} - At least in South Africa, broadband price is still the most important factor on consumer’s minds. Upload speed and support are not considered as important:
Broadband providers listen up: This is what consumers want {myBroadband.co.za} - On preventing a price crash due to excess cable capactiy:
African Undersea Cable Glut May Spell Price War for Vodafone, MTN Group {Bloomberg} - The ITU says that 40% of African Internet traffic is from Nigeria and that 30% of the nation’s population accesses the Internet:
Nigeria internet population hits 43.9 million {Vanguard} - In Senegal (and Ghana), text an SMS to a Gmail account and receive a free response:
Google continues push into Africa with free Gchat texts for Senegal {The Christian Science Monitor}
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