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Africa needs to act on investors’ concerns
March 17, 2010 ♦ Business
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Foreign investment and/or partnership is inherently a tale of two countries. Usually, one is focused on physical development and the other is motivated by financial yield. Balancing these two forces is a formidable challenge. The intricacies of this relationship may never be fully understood. In fact, the historical contexts, distributions …

OA News: March 16, 2010
March 16, 2010 ♦ News
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Strong investment reported in Nigerian telecoms, IE8 in Ethiopia, Google in Ghana, SA to rival Dubai?

OA News: March 15, 2010
March 15, 2010 ♦ News
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Indian investment, Facebook to target mobile Internet users, ICANN results

Survey: Traditional communication, patience still strong
March 13, 2010 ♦ Statistics
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A recent study of Ghana’s overall culture, including Internet adoption and practices, provides some interesting insights into communications trends and how citizens use mobile phones and the Internet. Balancing Act Africa recently summarized some of the more interesting results:

mobile users still prefer voice calls over SMS – those who understood …

OA News: March 12, 2010
March 12, 2010 ♦ News
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Nairobi as new tech hub, Microsoft & Nigeria, Ghana Internet survey, Gmail SMS in Ghana

Notable points from PanAf Edu’s newsletter
March 12, 2010 ♦ Education
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PanAf Edu Vol. 2, N°1 on ICT research in education in Africa (27pp, 3.5MB) is a must-read for those interested in the field of African education. The publication contains a dozen first-hand reports focus on how computer-based ICT has been utilized in West African secondary schools. All articles in the …