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OA News: December 1-6, 2011
December 6, 2011 ♦ News
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African ICT news from the first week of December, 2011. Featured are 47 stories of how technology is changing lives in 18 African nations and beyond.

Seamless high-capacity connectivity ‘ring’ created between Africa and Europe (Press Release)
December 1, 2011 ♦ Broadband & Business
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Africa’s carriers’ carrier WIOCC has entered into a strategic partnership with Cable&Wireless Worldwide, a global mission critical communications provider, to improve the reliability, performance and reach of international connectivity in and out of Africa.

OA News: November 24 – December 1, 2011
December 1, 2011 ♦ News
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44 news stories of African mobile and Internet development for the last week in November 2011.

A solar-powered Internet café for Chad
November 29, 2011 ♦ Business & Video
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Thanks to efforts from non-profit organizations like Chad Now, the Internet is gradually (and sustainably) reaching more Chadians.

OA News: November 22-23, 2011
November 24, 2011 ♦ News
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Recent tech stories from Ghana, Djibouti, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and more.

Chart: African Internet penetration versus urban population (2010)
November 23, 2011 ♦ Statistics
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The rural nature of Africa poses challenges for bringing the Internet outside of urban areas. We thought it would be interesting to compare estimated Internet penetration rates with how urbanized a given country claims to be.