The end of President Ali’s rule has created a greater temporary spike in interest on Twitter than the Sudanese referendum for independence or Ivorian President Gbagbo’s refusal to back down caused in previous weeks.

Ivory Coast needs political stability in order to achieve long-term ICT growth.

This post is an update of July 2010’s list of African leaders with a Facebook presence. The numbers and a couple of links have been adjusted. Additionally, a column showing the percentage increase in fans/followers is now available. The % provides a loose idea of how popular Facebook has become …

Considering how networks are often compared to trees, it only makes sense to adapt an inspirational poem to the structure/tune “O Tannenbaum“. The possibilities are endless:
O ICT, O ICT,
How Africa adores you!
From local content in the south,
To mobile banking in the east.
O ICT, O ICT,
How Africa adores you!
O ICT, O …

Kayambo, a recent addition to the search engine game in Mauritius, has a list of the 25 most popular search keywords this year (2010). Surprisingly, many of the terms are related to travel or business investment in the country. A breakdown:

Travel = 10
General = 6
Business = 5
News = 2
Other = …

(9/21/10 Update: @googleafrica has picked up its pace and tweeted 20 times in the past month. Furthermore, the Google Africa Blog has seen 7 posts. Very nice!)
Despite the resources at their disposal, neither the Google Africa or Microsoft Africa blogs or Twitter accounts post frequent updates. In fact, the Google …