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Tech nationalism walks a fine line
October 19, 2011 ♦ Business
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Fill in the blank: _____ will be the next Silicon Valley. _____ is Africa’s greatest ICT hub. As it turns out, there’s a massive difference between being Africa’s ICT hub versus a region’s ICT hub. The key is to think in the relative – not in the absolute.

OA News: October 16-17, 2011
October 17, 2011 ♦ News
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Africa’s broadband price decreases in 2010, iSlate for Rwandan e-learning, Microsoft cloud for SA, Malawi WiFi Project, Barcamp Nairobi 2011 held last weekend

Video: UNICEF-developed ‘Digital Drum’ provides information access to isolated communities
October 16, 2011 ♦ Video
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Although perhaps 10% of Ugandans have Internet access, the number is even lower for rural communities. And, the majority of Ugandans live in rural areas. Access to information in these isolated communities poses a formidable challenge.
In effort to connect the most rural areas of the world – communities often without …

OA News: October 14-16, 2011
October 16, 2011 ♦ News
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Zimbabwe, Egypt, Malawi, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Namibia, Nigeria, Swaziland, Angola, Ghana, Uganda, South Africa, West Africa

Animal poaching: Is there an app for stopping that?
October 16, 2011 ♦ Education
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Technology has been under-utilized to prevent animal poaching in Africa. Blogs exist and effective raise awareness, but how will poachers be stopped in real-time?

OA News: October 12-13, 2011
October 13, 2011 ♦ News
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PayPal in Morocco, mobile education in SSA, mobile advances for Burundi, official Kenyan online gaming, thoughts on Barcamp Abidjan, Zim cloud computing, and more