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Google searches for farming, health, education, and ICT are relatively popular within Africa. Good news, indeed, although the trend will most likely change as the user phase switches from essentials to entertainment.

22 stories, heavy on news from South Africa, plus mobile developments all over

Google Insights for Search verifies East African interest in apps, African interest in mobile, and general affinity for Facebook even in less-connected nations. A fun tool.

Google continues to work on making the Internet be part of everyday life in Africa. They are serious about Africa and their strategy is simple: get users online by developing a relevant, accessible, vibrant and self-sufficient Internet ecosystem. The current focus is to strengthen the African developer community …

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