Last week, Nigerian secondary school students participated in an annual information and communication technology quiz. A summary of the two-day event, written by Y. Z. Yau, the director of CITAD, appeared in the Lagos-based Daily Independent. Mr. Yau also had some interesting personal thoughts on the quiz, and they are …

Zambia’s Chawama Youth Project report, Tanzanian farming data website, Nigerian ICT Quiz

2012 Update: AdsBrook, a Ghanaian startup ad network is in Beta stage. The platform will soon provide ads to web publishers and mobile developers.
Fundamentally, an online advertisement is a medium for communication. Advertisements are a vehicle for the transfer of goods and/or services. Not only do ads contribute to the …

Ghana becomes W. African ICT hub, massive Nigerian training program, Zimbabwe’s national ICT plan

What is localization in the African context and what is its importance in the long term? African Languages in a Digital Age: Challenges and opportunities for indigenous language computing, a new e-book authored by Don Osborn and published by the Human Sciences Research Council, examines the need for such localization …

Two reports on mobile phone/broadband use from the UN and ITU