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.

In October 2009, a group of Class 5 students from Shepherds Junior School in Arusha, Tanzania took the Internet by storm when they signed on to Twitter. Affectionately known as the TwitterKids, this group continues to interact via social media.

According to a December 2010 infoDev report, “the primary challenges facing ICT SMEs as they attempt to launch and grow may vary significantly depending on the country in which the entrepreneur may be located.”
While challenges of each country are unique, the general hurdle preventing ICT uptake among small and medium …

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