Weekly African tech news roundup with news from 27 different countries.
May 26th marked general election day in Lesotho. Many Basotho utilized social media to spread news of elections and reactions to the results.
In this video, Lukonga Lindunda and Bart Cornille, the co-founders of BongoHive explain the impetus behind the Zambian tech hub.
A recent article in Uganda’s The Observer shed light on the shortage of both computers and trained teachers in the nation’s schools.
A summary of broadband data from the quarterly Akamai State of the Internet report as it relates to Africa.
Perhaps the best way to monitor social action revolving around Egyptian voting on the 23rd and 24th is via DataSift, a platform that collects, filters, and analyzes large volumes of social data.
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