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Post Archive for April 2011

African philosophers on ICT and identity
April 16, 2011 ♦ 2 Comments
African philosophers on ICT and identity

Over the years, numerous African philosophers have weighed-in on the perceived role ICT should take in Africa. Does electronic ICT in Africa liberate the African culture? Is it contributing to the destruction of Africa’s heritage?

OA News: April 13, 2011
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Google Instant, Kigali’s ICT hub in the news, can Twitter influence African science policy?

Namibia’s Tech/NA!
April 12, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on Namibia’s Tech/NA!
Namibia’s Tech/NA!

The Namibian Ministry of Education’s Tech/NA! initiative is part of the nation’s Vision 2030 plan to create a knowledge-based society. The plan came about after the government recognized the importance of quality instead of sheer quantity.

OA News: April 7-12, 2011
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Mobile video & farmers, Glo-1 in Ghana, SA’s web/race demographics, Nigerian elections, .africa action, Africa’s business environment, and more

In Brief: Facebook user stats
April 9, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on In Brief: Facebook user stats
In Brief: Facebook user stats

The social media giant tends to keep such statistics private, but allows potential advertisers the number of accounts tied to a given country in the form of “Estimated Reach”:
In case you are wondering, the global Facebook statistics present over at SocialBakers actually are scraped daily from Facebook’s own database. A …

Mobile Monday’s ‘Mobile Africa Report 2011’
April 9, 2011 ♦ 5 Comments
Mobile Monday’s ‘Mobile Africa Report 2011’

Mobile Monday’s recent state of the African mobile industry report provides an insight into the next 5 years of progress. 68% of the African pop. is expected to have a mobile phone within 5 years.