OA News: November 1-4, 2011
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- 3 years after it won a license: Ghana’s Globacom sets 17 November launch date {TeleGeography}
- More 3G service for Uganda, but is it fastest? Our internet speed is the fastest – Warid {The Observer}
- Most of the money is going toward DealDey: Nigerian Startup raised 1.3Billion, DealDey gets 150million expands to Abuja {WebTrendsNG}
- 40 Nigerian solar panels will be used to bring Internet to remote parts of Nigeria: Made-in-Nigeria Solar Panels to Power Rural Internet Centres {Leadership via allAfrica.com}
- Yahoo has never had a substantial presence in South Africa: Yahoo to launch SA Web portal {TechCentral}
- The Kenyan military turns to social media to keep citizens informed: Kenyan Air Force Tweets Somalis: We’re About To Bomb You #Duck {Gizmodo}
- A 120km cable will connect a string of cell sites: Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo get fibre optic connectivity {The Africa Report}
- On the investment dilemma, local knowledge, and growth: Connecting to the internet in Africa: What’s next? {African Business Review}
- What’s next for digital advertising in Africa? Online marketing: What’s next for the banner ad? {African Business Review}
- Africa-Assets.com is a new site about African private equity and VC: African digital content and new Kenyan ICT venture {KICTAnet}
- The incubator will provide the supporting elements tech start-ups need to test their ideas: Cell C, Google launch business incubator {BusinessDay}
- Tops for FDI potential are Morocco, SA, Mauritius, Egypt, Ghana: Morocco is the African Country of the Future {fDi Magazine via VC4A}
- The article claims Internet connection fees are 750% higher than other nations in the region: Malawi’s Internet fees too exorbitant {The Daily Times}
- The U.S. State Dept. is turning to social media to counter anti-American propaganda and engage the youth: Who’s Tweeting in Zimbabwe? {Nextgov}
- On the rise of tech and investment in Africa made available to a large audience: Into Africa {GQ UK}
- Deloitte finds only 40% of EA banks to have adequate protections for blocking cyber criminals: Many Banks At Risk From Cyber Crime {Daily Nation via allAfrica.com}
- Google Africa aims to develop an Internet ecosystem {IT News Africa}
- Rampant fibre cuts is MTN’s major challenge {Ghana News Agency}
- YouTube adds South African languages — isiZulu, Afrikaans {memeburn}
- Some Interesting Internet and Mobile Statistics from G-South Africa 2.0 {RWRant}
- Telecom Struggles With Broadband {The Namibian via allAfrica}
- International IBM Team in Kenya to spur innovation among youth {Business Daily}
- Mobile loves Africa and Africa loves social media {MarketingWeb}
- Malawi set to increase broadband internet user penetration {Bizcommunity}
- Google Nigeria gets 5000 SMEs online {IT News Africa}
- Developing nations vital to wireless broadband {News24}
- Ushahidi makes its debut in Morocco: Marsad.ma {Ushahidi Blog}
- ICT access and usage in Sub-Saharan Africa: Digital poverty analysis at individual level {Research ICT Africa via gdNet}
- Online Content and Services Begins to Make Inroads Despite the Lack of Affordable, Reliable Broadband {Balancing Act via allAfrica.com}
- Less than one in five SMEs has website in Africa, few use internet for transaction – UN {Ghana Business News}
- Blogging Is the Next Frontier of Revolution {Daily Nation via allAfrica.com}
- Building the Silicon Rift Valley {Conversations by Nokia}
- Gambia Dispatch Goes Online {Hello Gambia}
- ICTs to Drive Continent Economic Growth {SouthAfrica.info via allAfrica}
- The Subtle Condescension of “ICT4D” {White African}
- ICANN engagement in Africa bears fruit {Computerworld}
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