OA News: January 25, 2011
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- What West Africa can expect from the recent WB committment:
West Africa Rising: World Bank offers Internet ‘revolution’ to Sierra Leone, Liberia {Christian Science Monitor} - A recent survey shows that 10% of Kenyans have Internet access, a much greater percentage than nearby Tanzania:
With 4m users, Kenya leads EA in access to Internet services {The East African} - 51% of South Africans who have access to the Internet shop online:
SA’s online shopping gets thumbs up {myBroadband.co.za} - The thorn in Africa’s side:
Africa’s Power Shortages Threaten the Development of Data Centres And the Cost of Running Base Stations {Balancing Act via TMC} - Portuguese service for Africa will be cut – details to follow:
BBC to Shut Down 5 Language Services {VOA News} - Computer Point, IBM eye Kampala {East African Business Week}
- An offshore broadband project in Ghana that would have been the first of its kind in Africa has failed to meet it completion period:
Ghana’s offshore broadband network behind schedule {Ghana Business News} - An opinion on recent uniquely African projects and ways the continent is becoming connected:
Connecting the unconnected {Afrinnovator} - Telecommunication: broadband internet soon a reality in the Congo Brazzaville {Afrique Avenir}
- ZANU PF may have altered server data containing views of Zimbabweans on a new constitution:
Copac Main Computer Hacked Into {SW Radio Africa via allAfrica} - Interesting point on Ugandan Internet habits: low e-commerce, low mobile Internet access, high reliance on cyber-cafes:
Slow Growth for E-Commerce As Local Internet Use Rises {The Monitor via allAfrica} - The environmentally-sound project will soon be active. Angola is currently on the SAT3 cable:
$U.S.92 Million for Installation of Submarine Cable {Angola Press via allAfrica} - Some North Rift parents cite the Internet as a cause of ‘moral decay’, suggesting the need for better ICT awareness:
Concern As Parents Shun ICT Learning {Daily Nation via allAfrica}
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