Update of VBP so far in 2011: We have a NEW website! Check it out! 8000 bicycles shipped to Ghana (54,000 total since 1999) 1000 bicycles shipped to Sierra Leone 800 people trained in bike repair (11,000 total) New partnership established with Mike’s Bikes Foundation of California: two containers of bikes already sent to Sierra ...
The Africa Mobile Phone Boom: A trigger for economic development? Date: Thursday 1st September, 6pm Venue: G2, SOAS Africa’s technological spirit is on a rise, particularly in the telecommunications market. Despite having amongst the lowest levels of infrastructure in the world, an increasing proportion of the population of Africa now has access to mobile phones. ...
To global search giant, Google, Africa is the next Internet hotspot. Globally, there are 94 domains registered per 10 000 users. However, in Africa, there is only one domain per 10 000 users. As such, there is tremendous potential for growth on the continent in the web space. ...
ALGERIA plans to increase its broadband capacity across the country’s largest telecom providers. The plan is inline with the country’s sprawling Internet uptake. ...
Accra, June 15, GNA – The French Embassy, on Wednesday inaugurated GHC120, 000.00 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre for the Government Secretarial School in Accra. ...
Kenyan ICT firm brings state-of-the-art USA Data Center facilities to Africa The 11,000 square foot Colocation4Africa Data Center facility contains everything needed to ensure your mission-critical network infrastructure is functioning at the highest performance levels amidst the highest security. ...
Africa has passed Western Europe in the number of mobile connections during the final quarter of 2010, Wireless Intelligence reported on Thursday. It comes as the telecom market on the continent continues to show marked improvement in both services and infrastructure, especially in North Africa. ...
Interview with Dr. Aboubakari Baba Moussa, director of energy and infrastructure of the African Union. In this video he presents his point of view on the Africa-EU cooperation in the field of infrastructure. ...
Synchronica plc, the international provider of push email, instant messaging and social networking services, announces that it has signed a framework agreement with a pan-African operator group. The agreement for Synchronica Mobile Gateway covers all of the Operator’s subsidiaries in Africa and purchase orders have been issued worth $752,000 (U.S.) for professional services and initial ...
SwiftRiver Beta Released from Ushahidi on Vimeo. They were already famous with Ushahidi, but now they did even more with SwiftRiver. As stated on the official website swiftly.org “SwiftRiver is an open source intelligence gathering platform which powers a number of different applications”. SwiftRiver lets users… Manage realtime data streams (e.g. RSS, SMS, Twitter, Email) ...