Cheap mobile for SA, Skype and 2G, Zimbabwean web user stats, IBM in Kenya, Libyan social media action

If 2009 can be considered the year of the undersea fibre-optic cable, then 2010 can surely be dubbed “year of the mobile device”. Texting, m-Money, m-Health, the local creation of apps, and expansion by telecoms garnered a large share of attention. The coming year will undoubtedly see many of the …

Zimbabwe’s Econet gains 400k broadband users since Oct, Ethio Telecom outlook, CINX update

13 years of Nigerian Internet growth, eGranary computer program, mobile cost structures

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In light of the World Cup, PBS Newshour has created a segment examining …

New approaches to eliminating the digital divide often garner media attention. Case in point: Rwanda’s lone traveling computer bus. VOANews recently filmed a segment about how the program is expected to stimulate small- and medium-sized businesses across Rwanda. After all, greater than 70% small-medium businesses are in rural parts of …