OA News: December 23, 2010
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- Businesses cannot maximize their e-commerce revenue unless physical buildings are numbered (think removing the courier as middleman). An interesting point, indeed:
Hasten building numbering system to boost e-commerce {Business Daily} - Google hires Kenyan activist Ory Okolloh as policy manager for Africa {Los Angeles Times}
- Regional operators MTN, Airtel, Vodafone and Orange Telecom have formed the Next Generation Telecom Africa Committee to lobby for ways to push broadband deployment:
African operators team up for broadband deployment {Computerworld} - Where is journalism in Africa headed? It appears in the right direction:
A mixed year for Africa’s independent media in 2010 {Africa Review} - Best broadband suburbs in South Africa {MyBroadband.co.za}
- Samsung is working to increase its Kenyan user-base:
Mobile Companies Promote ‘Made in Kenya’ Internet APPs {Business Daily via allAfrica.com} - A look at the major private operators in these two nations:
West Africa focus: Mali gets competitive as Senegal faces a broadband monopoly {Developing Telecoms} - Israeli telecom firm enters Africa market {Nigerian Compass}
- British firms urged to invest in key EA sectors {Business Daily}