Post Archive for June 2013
Dalberg Global Development Advisors, with support from Google, surveyed more than 1,300 businesses in Senegal, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria as part of the April 2013 “Impact of the Internet in Africa” report.
A new annual report highlights how undersea fibre optic communication cables (including those reaching African shoes) are important to the global economy.
The eLearning Africa Report 2013 – a survey of the experience and opinions of more than 400 professionals and practitioners from 42 African countries – covers successes and failures in how technology is being used to support African learning.
Smile Communications, with the support of Alcatel-Lucent, launched Tanzanian 4G LTE service in May 2013. Weeks later, Smile launched the same service in Kampala, Uganda.
Like last month, the majority of YouTube videos highlighting ICT progress come from East Africa and Ghana, but this month also includes Namibia and Tunisia.
As of 2013, there is little evidence supporting the notion that computer science courses, let alone computer training is common in Nigerian schools.