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Online Africa Weekly Top 10: mobile money, tech ecosystems, local content, solar power, and more
May 12, 2014 ♦ Comments Off on Online Africa Weekly Top 10: mobile money, tech ecosystems, local content, solar power, and more

Our top 10 stories from the past week feature themes relating to mobile money, tech ecosystems, local content, solar power, and more.

Video roundup: empowering education in Burundi, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda plus Togo’s 3D printer
May 11, 2014 ♦ Comments Off on Video roundup: empowering education in Burundi, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda plus Togo’s 3D printer

14 videos shared on YouTube and Vimeo by various sources between February 2014 – May 2014 highlight the diverse ways in which the internet is poised to improve African society.

High ‘e-friction’ levels in Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa
April 30, 2014 ♦ Comments Off on High ‘e-friction’ levels in Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa
High ‘e-friction’ levels in Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa

Even if places like Kenya or South Africa lead Sub-Saharan Africa in terms of internet readiness, these nations have a ways to go if they are to compete on a global level.

Mobile phones, though still underutilized as a literacy tool, are contributing to an increase in reading in Africa
April 27, 2014 ♦ 4 Comments
Mobile phones, though still underutilized as a literacy tool, are contributing to an increase in reading in Africa

A new study of thousands of mobile phone users in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe finds that mobile phones, though still underutilized, are contributing to an increase in reading.

Annual Girls in ICT Day celebrated across Africa with engaging events
April 25, 2014 ♦ 4 Comments
Annual Girls in ICT Day celebrated across Africa with engaging events

Events to engage girls with information communications technology were held in many African countries as part of international Girls in ICT Day 2014.

OA News: April 1-13, 2014
April 13, 2014 ♦ One Comment

African ICT news headlines, perspectives, and briefs from the past couple of weeks include represent 37 countries (among the most we’ve ever seen at once).