OA News: October 14-16, 2011
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- ICT boom: Zimbabwe’s chance to catch up {The Standard}
- In Egypt, young and tech-savvy Islamists try to project new image {Sac Bee via LA Times}
- Mobile phones are increasingly able to create wi-fi hotspots that can steal data:
Open wi-fi hotspots put up at risk {IOL} - A court in Malawi has stopped the government from getting Call Detail Records from phone operators:
Malawi Court Stops Govt from using ‘Spy Machine’ {Mabvutojobani} - Although much of the public feels telecoms operators to be predators, the telecoms sector is boosting the economy and facilitating communication:
Predators endangering Ghana’s telecoms industry – Part I {Ghana Business News} - The collaboration includes education content, Internet connectivity, ICT skills training and parental control for web access:
Intel, safaricom launch campaign to promote e-learning in primary and secondary schools {BusinessDaily} - The report includes case studies on how Namibia and Rwanda have used ICT to transform education:
Transforming Education: The Power of ICT Policies {UNESCO} - General policy approaches to promoting broadband development, along with driving demand and creating universal access:
Broadband Strategies Handbook {Infodev} - Of Facebook penetration, privacy and security {TechZim}
- A survey revealed that 64 percent of Egypt respondents spend three hours or more online every day involved in social activities:
Main use of internet in Egypt is for social purposes, says survey {Marketing-Boerse} - In Nigeria, the Kano state governor announced that he aims to make the region an ICT hub by 2015:
Kano to Become Africa’s IT Hub {ThisDay} - Spiritual leaders in northeastern Kenya are wary of social media, but youth are using the tools to address education and other issues:
Social Media Leapfrogs Drought-Hit Nation into a New Generational Order {allAfrica.com} - Finally, Huawei strikes in Nigeria {Mobililty Blog}
- The government owned parastatal telecoms operator does not have the final authority:
SPTC will toe the line – PM {Times of Swaziland} - Angola launches Internet channel for women {AngolaPress}
- Blackberry apologises to customers {The Zimbabwean}
- Bharat Telecom will arrive in Mauritius this December. Still it will take 3 more years until 60% of home in the nation can have Internet access:
Internet will grow to Rs 280 per month for a rate of 10 megabits per second {Mega.mu} - MTC is launching a pay-by-time service as opposed to the traditional pay-by-data package:
Billing Evolution for Internet Usage {Namibian Sun} - A new Facebook group which aims to petition to Kenyan ISPs for reduced Internet prices:
Kenya Deserves Cheaper Internet {Facebook Group} - The challenges of mobile Internet in Africa include relationships with smartphone suppliers and the creation of a content distribution model:
Les défis de l’internet mobile en Afrique {Les Echos} - The South Africa Local Government Association recently recommended all municipalities to be connected to broadband by 2014:
Le haut débit pour toutes les communes sud-africaines en 2014? {Ecofin} - According to the president of the NGO Training and Research Tilwat, West Africa needs a universal access strategy, better organization for service operators and ISPs, and development parters such as NGOs and telecenters:
Pour une pénétration «humaine» de la téléphonie mobile en Afrique {Ecofin} - The telecom sector in Ivory Coast finds itself at a crossroads – and not only due to infrastructure damage:
Télécoms : les grands défis de l’après-conflit {Abidjan.net} - Article on how the Internet brings information:
Why we need to get more connected with the online world {Joy Online} - UNICEF-developed computer kiosk aims to provide information access to isolated communities in Uganda {UNICEF}
- WACS will provide an additional 5 TBps by the end of the year. Either way, the current capacity in Ghana is 60x that of SAT-3:
Govt says Ghana has broadband capacity of 7.16 TBps {TelecomPaper} - Finalists for the Tech4Africa startup intiative offer a variety of services:
Eight startups that promise to Ignite {Memeburn} - The 3rd article of a series on five research papers examining African economic growth:
How Africa’s economy is benefiting from the ICT revolution {How We Made It In Africa}
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