Post Archive for November 2009
Quality of ICT and software, the need for privacy, West African broadband analysis
African women’s participation in the global information society is hindered by many challenges and barriers, such as infrastructure deficiencies, policy misdiagnoses, and the structural and cultural features of African societies. As such, it is difficult to quantify the discrepancy between male and female participation in the ICT sector. However, empirical …
opening the telecom market, infrastructure status, improving farming, putting Africa on the map
Africa ICT week, Ivory Coast electoral roll
Appfrica’s infostate of Africa, Wikipedia in Africa
A recent article in Business Daily Africa examines how telecoms, specifically in Kenya, have taken measures to prevent downtime across their fiber optic networks. Interestingly, however is the potential for shark bites to interrupt fiber optic service to parts of Africa. I’m not sure if the author is basing this …