African Internet and tech articles from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Africa at-large from May 2012.

On May 15, 2012, Viettel announced in in Maputo, Mozambique, the official launch of Movitel – the group’s first mobile network in Africa.

In early February 2012, The Gambia hosted its 2nd National Internet Governance Forum.

Although perhaps 10% of Ugandans have Internet access, the number is even lower for rural communities. And, the majority of Ugandans live in rural areas. Access to information in these isolated communities poses a formidable challenge.
In effort to connect the most rural areas of the world – communities often without …

Last week marked the soft launch of emuallim.com, a one-on-one Arab online tutoring platform targeted toward the estimated 9 million broadband Internet users located in Arab nations (including North Africa).

The Namibian Ministry of Education’s Tech/NA! initiative is part of the nation’s Vision 2030 plan to create a knowledge-based society. The plan came about after the government recognized the importance of quality instead of sheer quantity.