OA News: October 13-14, 2010
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- Many people are overspending on their broadband plans and do not need elaborate plans:
SA’s broadband myths {iafrica.com} - Preventing the newspaper collapse in Ghana:
Need for African newspapers to repackage news to compete with Internet {GhanaWeb} - The promise of African self-expression in the globally wired world:
Internet is Writers’ New Window of Expression {The Herald via allAfrica} - Kenya’s laws and electronic banking system are not ready to combat hackers:
Rise in electronic fraud grips Africa’s attention {Business Daily Africa} - A study suggests that South Africans use social media more frequently than the global average. At the same time, time spent using e-mail is much lower. Additionally, 35% of South African Internet users have written a blog post:
Web: South Africans high users of mobile social media {Business Report} - ‘Nigeria needs N604bn to improve ICT’ {Daily Sun}
- Top mobile websites in SA {myBroadband.co.za}
- Excerpts of a 50th anniversary lecture examining the past and present of technology:
Memories of Colonial Africa {Campus Daily Online}