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‘Buy This Satellite’ campaign will take time
December 11, 2010 ♦ Business & Video
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By now, many Internet users interested in human rights or non-profits are probably aware of A Human Right’s campaign to buy an old TerreStar satellite. The publicity generated by the story (features on ABC News, Gizmodo, al-Jazeera, NRK Norway, 1000+ tweets and 1,600+ Facebook fans) is great for raising awareness, …

OA News: December 10, 2010
December 10, 2010 ♦ News
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Five articles on mobile, perception, translated terminology, a Togolese centre

OA News: December 8, 2010
December 9, 2010 ♦ News
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Zimbabwe’s Econet gains 400k broadband users since Oct, Ethio Telecom outlook, CINX update

Tweets suggest need for public awareness of African Internet
December 8, 2010 ♦ Web
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Twitter provides individuals from all walks of life to communicate in a public forum. Twitter Search is a powerful tool that saves the past 6 days of tweets and allows users to browse on keyword or hashtag. Of course, we must remember that tweets are often intended as offhand/pithy/poorly constructed …

OA News: December 6, 2010
December 7, 2010 ♦ News
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Kenya’s telecom bundles, West African Cybercrime Summit, SA’s MXit & e-commerce

OA News: December 2, 2010
December 2, 2010 ♦ News
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The BBC looks at East African broadband a year after undersea cables arrived, 2007’s Connect Africa @ 1/2 way