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Post Archive for August 2011

August 2011 African ICT news roundup (Part 1 of 3)
August 17, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on August 2011 African ICT news roundup (Part 1 of 3)

19 articles on Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia, and more

Lebanese newspaper touts Zambian, Tanzanian net speeds
August 16, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on Lebanese newspaper touts Zambian, Tanzanian net speeds

Lebanon’s leading English daily newspaper recently cited African nations as benchmarks for Internet speeds. Citing Net Index by Ookla speed data, The Daily Star wrote:
…Lebanon’s information economy is stymied by connectivity rates that trail behind states like Zambia and Tanzania, where speeds are twice as fast while GDP per capita …

Video: ‘Wifly, Internet haut débit au Gabon et au Congo’
August 14, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on Video: ‘Wifly, Internet haut débit au Gabon et au Congo’

Google’s UneHistorie YouTube Channel allows users to create a video using screenshots of Google search results. The idea is to tell a story to the world by using up to 6 different search strings. An interesting service, for sure.
We wouldn’t have discovered this resource had it not been for a …

Cameroon: Internet considered more trustworthy than state or private media
August 14, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on Cameroon: Internet considered more trustworthy than state or private media
Cameroon: Internet considered more trustworthy than state or private media

A 2009 study found 36% of Cameroonians to have full confidence in online media.

How to Stop the Next Famine in Somalia—Internet Infrastructure
August 11, 2011 ♦ 2 Comments

Originally posted at the Global Broadband and Innovations portal by Jeffrey Swindle (Twitter: @jeffswin, email: jeffswin@gmail.com)
I wrote a blog post a few weeks ago about a series of ways that Somalia could get broadband Internet connectivity.  The article was reposted in several British, Somali and Kenyan online newspapers and was …

OA News: August 3-7, 2011
August 7, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on OA News: August 3-7, 2011

Platforms for democratic debate, broadband pulse check, ITU StatShot, Zimbabwe e-gov & BarCamp, Rwanda/Korea partnership, misc from NG, KE, SA