Notes from the video examining the 3rd ICT Best Practices Forum, recently hosted in Burkina Faso:

Over 300 government & corporate leaders from 55 countries discussed solutions to online threats to national security, infrastructure, and national services
Global increase of 8.9% malware over first half of year
Global concern needs a global response
Increased …

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 …

Although posted back on May 13th, this video is still new (and has only averaged 2 views per day). The World Bank sponsored eTransform Initiative seeks to leverage the power of icts to transform lives in developing countries. Watch the video to learn about the details of the initiative, but …

The success of the Internet, above everything else, hinges on public interest, which is tied to literacy. A lack of literacy often translates to a lack of interest in computing. The multi-cultural nature of African societies has long posed a challenge for computer use. For example, South …

This video recaps the International Conference on ICT for Africa held March 25-28, 2010 in Cameroon. The most notable message is to focus on the can instead of the cannot. Africa, despite a host of limitations, has produced success stories since this conference first met 2 years ago. Although such …

March 25, 2011 update: Plans to build the school have failed miserably. In retrospect, the article title should be negated… Read more about the failure.

Imagine the following dialogue: An American woman and advocate for children’s education is funding the construction of a school for girls in Malawi. Wow, that is …