OA News: November 1, 2010
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- Computer Aid International, a UK-based firm, partnered with Computers for Schools Kenya to launch a mobile lab with 22 workstations and 7-day battery backup:
Solar-powered computer lab brings internet to Northern Kenya {Daily Nation} - The municipality will enable the service and a private sector contractor will actually deliver the Internet access:
Knysna – Africa’s first municipal wi-fi broadband network offers VOIP and internet access {balancingact} - Perhaps lower cost, but how can mobile smartphones be portrayed as necessary for Africa?
The benefits of Android in Africa {memeburn} - Lower overhead and operating costs:
Infrastructure sharing key to broadband {myBroadband.co.za} - Advice to the Tanzanian tech scene from a Tanzanian:
So you want to be the Silicon Valley of Africa? {Afrinnovator} - Will MTN enter the mobile market in Kenya? It’s complicated:
South African Firms Invade Internet Market {Daily Nation via allAfrica.com}