Post Archive for August 2011
19 articles on Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia, and more
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 …
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 …
A 2009 study found 36% of Cameroonians to have full confidence in online media.
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 …
Platforms for democratic debate, broadband pulse check, ITU StatShot, Zimbabwe e-gov & BarCamp, Rwanda/Korea partnership, misc from NG, KE, SA