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Ten years ago: Ghanaian bandwidth nationalism
May 18, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on Ten years ago: Ghanaian bandwidth nationalism
Ten years ago: Ghanaian bandwidth nationalism

Nii Quaynor, an Internet pioneer of Ghana, adhered to nationalistic bandwidth practices: 1) increase rates for Ghanaians who access international sites and 2) consider having affluent countries support high African access costs.

Listing the African Tech Hubs
April 27, 2011 ♦ 13 Comments
Listing the African Tech Hubs

Connecting young entrepreneurs, web and mobile-phone programmers, designers, and investors. Few concepts in Africa drives more excitement, collaboration, and promise than the tech hub.

VC4Africa incubator group representation low in Central Africa, Sahel, Horn
April 24, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on VC4Africa incubator group representation low in Central Africa, Sahel, Horn
VC4Africa incubator group representation low in Central Africa, Sahel, Horn

Not surprising, but how can investors and fellow entrepreneurs support these under-represented areas?

Introducing a tech hub for Ethiopia
March 26, 2011 ♦ One Comment
Introducing a tech hub for Ethiopia

ice ethiopia, Ethiopia’s latest tech hub and business incubator has been active for over two months. The e-learning space in Ethiopia has never been so active.

Points from ‘Africa’s infrastructure: a time for transformation’
March 14, 2011 ♦ One Comment
Points from ‘Africa’s infrastructure: a time for transformation’

Published in 2010 by The World Bank, Africa’s infrastructure: a time for transformation, although addressing the macro theme of infrastructure, relays a few interesting points about Africa’s ICT growth.

On bringing the ‘content factory’ model to Africa
February 17, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on On bringing the ‘content factory’ model to Africa
On bringing the ‘content factory’ model to Africa

Translate or create originally? Paid or unpaid writers? Languages? Is local content truly necessary?