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OA News: October 15-23, 2013
October 23, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on OA News: October 15-23, 2013

This week’s African Internet/ICT news round-up consists of 93 stories from 23+ countries.

OA News: October 8-14, 2013
October 14, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on OA News: October 8-14, 2013

This week’s African tech news round-up consists of 100 stories from 29+ countries.

OA News: September 30 – October 7, 2013
October 7, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on OA News: September 30 – October 7, 2013

This week’s African tech news round-up consists of 131 stories from 32 countries.

OA News: September 21-29, 2013
September 29, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on OA News: September 21-29, 2013

This week’s African tech news round-up consists of 126 stories from 27 countries.

Online gender equality a growing priority for Africa
September 23, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on Online gender equality a growing priority for Africa

In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, there are only half the number of women connected to the internet as men. Promoting women’s access to ICTs is an important part of development agenda as ICTs provide myriad opportunities for advancing women’s empowerment and inclusion.

True online freedom in Africa requires legal and political support
September 17, 2013 ♦ 2 Comments

Most African nations have partly free online access. The decision may be less about censorship and more about manipulation of information. All African governments need to better address what exactly constitutes online freedom of speech.