Google & YouTube expand presence in Africa, Nigerian stats & hope from new President, Angola’s ICT goals

In the midst of The Globe and Mail‘s recent series of articles on the prospects of African development, I came across a feature on abortion laws by African nation. Only four nations (Cape Verde, Reunion, South Africa and Tunisia) unconditionally allow abortion. Offhand and generally speaking, these nations are further …

12 stories from the past 3 days: Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Zimbabwe, SA

Last week, Nigerian secondary school students participated in an annual information and communication technology quiz. A summary of the two-day event, written by Y. Z. Yau, the director of CITAD, appeared in the Lagos-based Daily Independent. Mr. Yau also had some interesting personal thoughts on the quiz, and they are …

Zimbabwean ICT updates and outlook, Firefox growth, opinion on ICT policies

African women’s participation in the global information society is hindered by many challenges and barriers, such as infrastructure deficiencies, policy misdiagnoses, and the structural and cultural features of African societies. As such, it is difficult to quantify the discrepancy between male and female participation in the ICT sector. However, empirical …