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OA News: August 23, 2010
August 23, 2010 ♦ News
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Zambian ICT goals, Ghana’s 4MB speeds, PIDA

OA News: August 22, 2010
August 22, 2010 ♦ News
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SA ADSL prices, Kigali’s rapid growth, Somali’s Diasporan online political culture

A reminder to keep web content up-to-date
August 22, 2010 ♦ Web
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Certain aspects of websites need not be “uniquely African”. In particular, maintaining overall site functionality and optimizing user experience are universal duties of any webmaster. This does not mean every African site coded under HTML 4.01 guidelines need to undergo a redesign to meet current XHTML 1.1 standards. Instead, supplementary …

OA News: August 21, 2010
August 21, 2010 ♦ News
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Sustainability in the Middle East and Africa, interview with former NCC chairman, and more

OA News: August 16-18, 2010
August 18, 2010 ♦ News
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ICT and hunger in Malawi, how ISPs have become regional carriers, conference news from Ghana & Nigeria, LCAs

Google, Microsoft Africa blogs relatively dormant
August 17, 2010 ♦ Uncategorized
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(9/21/10 Update: @googleafrica has picked up its pace and tweeted 20 times in the past month. Furthermore, the Google Africa Blog has seen 7 posts. Very nice!)
Despite the resources at their disposal, neither the Google Africa or Microsoft Africa blogs or Twitter accounts post frequent updates. In fact, the Google …