This is the fifth post in a series that intends to examine the ICT environment in large metropolitan areas of Africa that receive relatively little publicity and lack ICT framework. These cities are often overshadowed by Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Accra, and Lagos but still have a bright future – …

General points on wireless in Africa, Libya’s investment in Zamtel, green energy projects still under the radar

MWEB, a South African Internet service provider, has created two short YouTube videos to explain how 1) ADSL works in South Africa and 2) how the Internet works. The animated and voiced-over videos are simple but effectively explain how international data arrives at a computer via the World Wide Web. …

Although the red of Namibia’s flag represents heroism and the people’s desire for equal opportunity, it can also be interpreted as a fiber optic cable traversing the nation. Recent news stories out of East Africa and Namibia suggest that connectivity is on the rise. More importantly, however, leaders of these …

Ghana’s open source center, Namibian/Zambian/Botswana broadband plans, keep known cyber criminal nations offline?

The excitement of East African broadband, Google to support African universities that invest in their infrastructure