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Online Africa Weekly Top 10: tech hubs, iGDP, literacy, online freedom, and more
May 3, 2014 ♦ 2 Comments
Online Africa Weekly Top 10: tech hubs, iGDP, literacy, online freedom, and more

Our top 10 stories from the past week feature themes relating to tech hubs, iGDP, literacy, online freedom, and more.

Mobile phones, though still underutilized as a literacy tool, are contributing to an increase in reading in Africa
April 27, 2014 ♦ 4 Comments
Mobile phones, though still underutilized as a literacy tool, are contributing to an increase in reading in Africa

A new study of thousands of mobile phone users in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe finds that mobile phones, though still underutilized, are contributing to an increase in reading.