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Gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable
January 22, 2015 ♦ Comments Off on Gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable
Gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable

ICTs raise awareness of the need to improve women’s rights. There needs to be even greater policy intervention, however.

Video roundup: engaging African learners, changing lives in Zambia, empowering women in Senegal & Cameroon, and more
January 5, 2015 ♦ Comments Off on Video roundup: engaging African learners, changing lives in Zambia, empowering women in Senegal & Cameroon, and more

More than twenty online videos from June – December 2014 show how technology is educating youth, empowering women, and strengthening economies.

Kenyans and South Africans view the Internet more positively than other global regions
June 18, 2014 ♦ Comments Off on Kenyans and South Africans view the Internet more positively than other global regions
Kenyans and South Africans view the Internet more positively than other global regions

A survey of 1,000 Kenyans and South Africans finds they view the state of the Internet more positively than those in other regions. Moreover, Africans feel more strongly that the Internet can improve knowledge-sharing, the economy, and political awareness.

Video roundup: empowering education in Burundi, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda plus Togo’s 3D printer
May 11, 2014 ♦ Comments Off on Video roundup: empowering education in Burundi, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda plus Togo’s 3D printer

14 videos shared on YouTube and Vimeo by various sources between February 2014 – May 2014 highlight the diverse ways in which the internet is poised to improve African society.

ICANN’s positive outlook for the African internet community
August 11, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on ICANN’s positive outlook for the African internet community

Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, has much to say on how Internet access can help revolutionize African business. In a recent interview with CNN, Mr. Chehade explained ICANN’s African mission and how the conditions on the ground are ripe for development.

E-learning report finds mobility in learning has ‘not yet eclipsed traditional ways of education delivery’
June 13, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on E-learning report finds mobility in learning has ‘not yet eclipsed traditional ways of education delivery’

The eLearning Africa Report 2013 – a survey of the experience and opinions of more than 400 professionals and practitioners from 42 African countries – covers successes and failures in how technology is being used to support African learning.