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Post Archive for November 2010

OA News: November 29-30, 2010
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OA News: November 29-30, 2010

Opinion on Tanzanian digital divide, Liberia’s cloud vs. open source, Nigerian cyber-crime spreads, misc. ICT conferences

Interesting points from ‘Futures of Technology in Africa’
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Interesting points from ‘Futures of Technology in Africa’

Futures of Technology in Africa, a book recently authored by Jasper Grosskurth and published by STT Netherlands Centre of Technology Trends, comes after three years and hundreds of conversations on the subject of African technology. The results touch on the dynamic nature of African economies, business, infrastructure, mobile, energy, and …

OA News: November 24, 2010
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Ghana crop prices via mobile, adopting the cloud, WACS status

OA News: November 22, 2010
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Tanzanian & Kenyan mobile Internet stats, South African gender and Internet study results, Afrinnovator article

African visit statistics reflect cable, Linux, Java discrepancies
November 21, 2010 ♦ One Comment
African visit statistics reflect cable, Linux, Java discrepancies

Now that oAfrica.com has received steady traffic for a full year there is enough data to attempt a meaningful look at African web browsing habits. One caveat: the content on this site tends to appeal to a more academic than traditional African audience. Accordingly, the trends for African visits will …

Chad still on pace for ICT policy goals
November 20, 2010 ♦ 2 Comments
Chad still on pace for ICT policy goals

ICT will in Chad, in the next twenty years, to better develop its human resources, economic and cultural, to reduce inequalities between citizens and help create a climate of peace, justice and democracy.” (Translated) – Plan de développement des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication au …