Google event in South Africa, 3G stats from the ITU, ICT conference in Senegal

Yes, it’s Google, and yes, it’s similar to Yahoo! Answers, but the new Baraza site fills a major void in African web-space. Not only is there relatively little targeted African content, but typical African content that does exist often lacks value or focus.  Now, with Baraza, not only can users …

Google’s plans for Africa explained, IPv4 address status update, Computer Village Ikeja faces challenges

The excitement of East African broadband, Google to support African universities that invest in their infrastructure

Eventually, the JPEG may head the way of the GIF, at least if Google has its way with its Webp (pronounced “weppy”) format. Last week, the company publicly unveiled a new compressed image format that could perhaps replace the gold standard that is JPEG. But, such a takeover will take …

(9/21/10 Update: @googleafrica has picked up its pace and tweeted 20 times in the past month. Furthermore, the Google Africa Blog has seen 7 posts. Very nice!)
Despite the resources at their disposal, neither the Google Africa or Microsoft Africa blogs or Twitter accounts post frequent updates. In fact, the Google …