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OA News: June 12-14, 2011
June 14, 2011 ♦ News
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Pivot25, Broadband for Burundi/Somalia/Southern Sudan, e-tourism quickly gains steam, the benefit of West African backbone, the MXit story

ABN Digital’s ICT videos
June 12, 2011 ♦ Video
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ABN Digital (Africa Business Network) is “the continent’s first and only pan-African real-time financial and business television network.” In aiming to create an online platform for the financial story of Africa, ABNDigital often produces segments on telecoms.

African highlights from WHO mHealth report
June 11, 2011 ♦ Mobile
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Perhaps no application of technology is as helpful as the benefits of mobile health. E-government, m-banking, e-learning, and e-commerce certainly have their respective places in societal advancement, but the immediate need for health information trumps them all. Mobile health has been around for some time, but has only recently seen …

OA News: June 4-11, 2011
June 11, 2011 ♦ News
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Barcamp Benin, “new colonialism”, IPv6 Day, MTN growth, new cybercafe business model, mHealth reports, women in tech on the rise, Visa enters m-banking, ITU report

Vintage Internet maps, 1991-2003
June 10, 2011 ♦ Statistics
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Internet maps were once all the rage. Simple, yet powerful, these visualizations contributed to the creation of robust global networks. 14 such maps provide a throwback of African Internet progress.

Opinion: The privilege of tech ownership
June 8, 2011 ♦ Uncategorized
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A recent article in The Zimbabwean presents a great caveat about a pitfall of technological advancement. The message applies to a global audience, but is very pertinent at this crucial time in Africa where early adopters are giving way to the majority. Such is the process of diffusion: discovery, promotion, …