An overwhelming volume of stories this week, many from SA & East Africa
Would anyone have guessed Mali potentially has more mobile app download volume than Uganda?
Few head-of-state Facebook pages are officially maintained by the leader, but that doesn’t stop the public from supporting their leader. In the past 3 months, the median fan-base for an African leader on Facebook has grown by 23%.
21 examples of African stamps that commemorate technology, be it e-learning or women in computing.
Without assistance, it can be difficult to configure handsets for the mobile Internet. Would-be mobile Internet users often need help to get online. Navigating a phone requires a calibrated series of button pushes – a daunting task for those only starting out with electronic devices. Sure, a user manual could …
Bringing sustainable broadband to the masses requires a balance between the supply-side (providers) and the demand-side (consumers). The sixth chapter of a recent World Bank publication (Building Broadband: Strategies and Policies for the Developing World) has some wise points on how to increase broadband penetration in developing nations:
To induce investment …
oAfrica addresses a variety of aspects of African connectivity with an understanding that every nation has different tools and ideologies to utilize. Africa is unique from the developed world and its Internet successes cannot necessarily be tracked by the same means.
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