Measuring exact date of revision or enactment of an ICT plan, let alone determining if such a plan indeed exists, is a challenge. Still, general trends become apparent when comparing the recency of African ICT plans:

West Africa has a high prevalence of national ICT plans but many have not been …

The image above shows the nations with known Internet connections as of late 1995. Even in cases of no TLD or public access, private citizens or governments could still have had dial-up via long-distance. Internet-Ham packet-radio connections were also an option.

Nations with no Internet included predominantly war-torn or island nations, …

In the midst of The Globe and Mail‘s recent series of articles on the prospects of African development, I came across a feature on abortion laws by African nation. Only four nations (Cape Verde, Reunion, South Africa and Tunisia) unconditionally allow abortion. Offhand and generally speaking, these nations are further …

A chart listing the  most frequently mentioned nations on this site shows:

South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya have many newsworthy stories
Regionally, East Africa produces the most news articles and ICT updates/opinions
oAfrica.com does not focus on North Africa (for a variety of reasons)
An absence of Central African nations – none of these …

A recent study of Ghana’s overall culture, including Internet adoption and practices, provides some interesting insights into communications trends and how citizens use mobile phones and the Internet. Balancing Act Africa recently summarized some of the more interesting results:

mobile users still prefer voice calls over SMS – those who understood …

Gathering accurate and reliable Internet usage statistics has never been easy. Furthermore, the data we can obtain must be carefully examined before assumptions can be formed.
Despite limited Internet bandwidth, file-sharing websites appear relatively popular in Sub-Saharan countries. Or so it seems according to web traffic tracker Alexa. Based on lists …