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Video, consumer, and mobile traffic expected to exponentially increase through 2016
August 29, 2012 ♦ Statistics
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Cisco’s Visual Networking Index forecasts data traffic for the Middle East and Africa through 2016.

For now, African governments are no match for online hackers
August 28, 2012 ♦ ICT Policy
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In the interest of e-governance, African governments would be wise to protect their institutional websites from hackers.

Internet peering and Africa’s Internet transit deficit take center stage at AfPIF
August 28, 2012 ♦ Broadband & Business
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The 3rd Annual African Peering Interconnection Forum addressed two major themes: peering coordination and Africa’s Internet transit deficit.

President of Alcatel-Lucent on undersea cable connectivity
August 27, 2012 ♦ Broadband
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Philippe Dumont, President of Alcatel-Lucent, recently discussed fibre-optic projects undertaken in Africa.

Video: Free public Wi-Fi in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
August 27, 2012 ♦ Video
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The days of high-latency satellite Internet are slowly drawing to a close in urban areas. One example is Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea.

Learnings from Arab Social Media Report
August 23, 2012 ♦ Statistics
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Arab Social Media Report, produced by the Dubai School of Government’s Governance and Innovation Program, analyzes usage trends of online social networking across the Arab region.