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‘Riskiest domains’ list should be taken with a grain of salt
December 3, 2009 ♦ Statistics & Web
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‘Riskiest domains’ list should be taken with a grain of salt

The Internet is a dangerous place, but Africa may be safer than once though. Although McAfee may call Cameroon the nation with the riskiest domain (with a 36.7% risk ratio), the statistics are somewhat unclear and misleading. The report may be unbiased, but readers could easily make false assumptions about …

OA News: December 2, 2009
December 2, 2009 ♦ News
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Competition, price wars, ccTLDs, and risky domain names

OA News: December 1, 2009
December 1, 2009 ♦ News
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East African price wars, EASSy to launch in June, netbooks’ popularity

OA News: November 28, 2009
November 28, 2009 ♦ News
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Egypt’s Telecom Market, Women’s progress in Swaziland

OA News: November 27, 2009
November 27, 2009 ♦ News
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Africa’s Media Explosion, New Kenyan e-learning program, ICT industry needs new blood

A look back at West Africa’s RIOnet
November 27, 2009 ♦ Uncategorized
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A look back at West Africa’s RIOnet

Despite its shortcomings, we can’t forget how far current African infrastructure and ICT development has come since the early 1990′s. The following example highlights how foreign interests can aid developing nations by providing both physical and human resources for development.
RIO (meaning “Reseau Intertropical d’Ordinateurs”) was a network of electronic communication …