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OA News: February 26-27, 2010
February 27, 2010 ♦ News
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Zambia’s Chawama Youth Project report, Tanzanian farming data website, Nigerian ICT Quiz

Africa should want its own ad networks
February 26, 2010 ♦ Business & Web
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2012 Update: AdsBrook, a Ghanaian startup ad network is in Beta stage. The platform will soon provide ads to web publishers and mobile developers.
Fundamentally, an online advertisement is a medium for communication. Advertisements are a vehicle for the transfer of goods and/or services. Not only do ads contribute to the …

OA News: February 25, 2010
February 25, 2010 ♦ News
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Ghana becomes W. African ICT hub, massive Nigerian training program, Zimbabwe’s national ICT plan

Must read: ‘African Languages in a Digital Age’
February 24, 2010 ♦ Education
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What is localization in the African context and what is its importance in the long term? African Languages in a Digital Age: Challenges and opportunities for indigenous language computing, a new e-book authored by Don Osborn and published by the Human Sciences Research Council, examines the need for such localization …

OA News: February 24, 2010
February 23, 2010 ♦ News
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Two reports on mobile phone/broadband use from the UN and ITU

OA News: February 19-21, 2010
February 22, 2010 ♦ News
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Women & ICT, counterfeiting, photo competition, Uhurunet, Zimbabwe broadband, Israel investment