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OA News: July 24-27, 2011
July 27, 2011 ♦ News
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15 stories: MXit privacy, Burundi’s 3G, Africa Digital Week on horizon, Seacom’s land network, Google & education networks, Co-creation hub Nigeria, on ‘Made in Africa’

Summer 2011 video roundup: e-learning, gender, mobile, and more
July 26, 2011 ♦ Video
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In case you missed them (like we did), here are 9 short video clips devoted to raising awareness of various aspects of ICT progress across Africa. They have all been published in the past 4 months and come from unique sources. This collection by no means represents all of the …

‘Group buy’ sites still limited to the largest African markets
July 25, 2011 ♦ Business
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Updated 3/2/13 with Pennysaver.co.ke. Updated 12/10/11 with news of closures of Dealify and Zappon in South Africa. Updated 11/19/11 with site from Zimbabwe. Updated: 9/25/11 with sites from Ghana, Morocco, RĂ©union, SA, and Tunisia. The South African and Kenyan markets are very near saturation. Encouraging is the appearance of sites …

3G on the horizon for Niger
July 24, 2011 ♦ Mobile
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Niger may not yet be ready for 3G service, but youth and entrepreneurs should use recent news of 3G licensing activity as motivation to hone their skills for when it arrives.

OA News: July 18-23, 2011
July 23, 2011 ♦ News
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24+ mobile/tech/web stories from Kenya, Uganda, DRC, SA, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Burundi, Morocco, Malawi, Ghana, Niger, Cameroon

Bamako 2000: Futuristic name, timeless dialogue
July 21, 2011 ♦ ICT Policy
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ICT conferences come and go, but their discussions can live on for years. Take, for example, Bamako 2000. Eleven years later, themes from the conference still ring true.