Post Archive for October 2009

Apart from Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, a multitude of other social networks are growing in popularity and have the potential to draw new users online.
Nigerian power woes, Mali schoolchildren prepare for laptops, a reminder of Africa’s crowded future, China-Guinea deal, U.S. to set up fund

The Huffington Post’s recent (Oct. 23) article on the ‘TwitterKids of Tanzania’ highlights an interesting and very promising story. For those who haven’t heard, a classroom in Tanzania was connected to the internet for the first time. The event is made even more extraordinary when we realize that the idea …
kenya’s cck african regulator of year, bbc news interactive timeline

A thought-provoking post we wrote three years ago. The theme of nation branding remains just as important today.
Does each of the 53 African nations need to have a distinct image in order to secure the best possible internet connections? In short, the answer is “no”, but such branding can help …
burkina faso broadband costs, nigerian cyber-crime, india and benin, kenyan wimax