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See Kenya's most successful tech export, the Ushahidi Tracking Software in action as it is used to track the food riots in Mozambique. Fascinating Stuff!
Source: Verdade
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TEACHERS in Kenya can now acquire laptops complete with broadband internet connection and other software from Safaricom at affordable rates.
Source: ITNewsAfrica.com
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Young Libyans go to Space Camp...
Source: America.gov
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by Estelle
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(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
1 week 5 days ago
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Great interview with Ory Okolloh one of the women who designed the innovative Ushahidi software - used to track events worldwide. Great, inspiring news to motivate everyone for the week ahead!
Source: CNN
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/5/
The power of a simple SMS in Africa - great story on how technology is used on the continent for the greater good!
Source: The Daily Maverick
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/6/
If Africa is to harness ICT for sound socio-economic policies, continental and national ICT strategies must be integrated into broader policy agendas and frameworks, such as poverty alleviation.
Source: ITWeb
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/7/
ZIMBABWE’S leading cellular mobile company, Econet Wireless has secured a $60 million (about R444 million) loan from the Swedish export credit agency (EKN) to upgrade its network.
Source: ITNewsAfrica.com
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/8/
GOOGLE will soon be hosting a three day web and mobile conference for tech savvy entrepreneurs and developers in Kenya.
Source: ITNewsAfrica.com
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Lagos State government has introduced an education software known as e-tutor in its schools, as part of its continuous efforts to improve the quality of education in the state.
Source: This Day
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/10/
Almost everyone wants to see the Internet grow but there are significantly different strategies when it comes to making it happen. The private sector is seeking to find the magic services and applications that will generate both users and money. Governments and their donor supporters look to provide improved services and efficiencies in their processes. Russell Southwood looks at the contrasts between top down vs bottom up strategies for the African Internet.
Source: Balancing act
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/11/
SwiftRiver is the platform developed after the astonishing success of Kenya's Ushahidi, which means "testimony" in Swahili. Ushahidi is a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. It was later used in South Africa and elsewhere.
Source: Ushahidi
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/12/
The Rwandan government is giving out hundreds of cell phones in an attempt to save pregnant women and babies.
Source: CNN
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/13/
Regulatory environment in South Africa keeps high-speed fibre-to-the-home connections away.
Source: Tech Central
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Regulation is good as long as it supports growth and attracts new investment, but the South African government still has to learn the fine balance between development and over-protection.
by Yvette 5 weeks ago/14/
The ongoing debate about introducing goalline technology in soccer is one step closer to a outcome
Source: Reuters Africa
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/15/
Excellent news for press freedom as Kenya discovers the power of blogging.
Source: http://www.allafrica.com
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/16/
Amazing story on why "tweet" is now a verb in almost all African languages from Zulu to Swahili.
Source: The Globe and Mail
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by Estelle
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(South Africa)
5 weeks 6 days ago
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The people of South Africa truly adapt to new technology so much faster than many other nations!
by yvetteol 5 weeks 5 days ago/17/
From July 1st to August 31st, we welcome citizens to submit ideas that technology can help solve, and challenge technologists to build tools that lead to a better world.
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/18/
A panel discussion at the Guardian's Activate 2010 summit illustrated how simple, cheap technology, adapted to the local context, is helping to lift people out of poverty.
Source: The Guardian
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/19/
A video about how innovations in education are arising from the poorest regions of the world with the help of technology.
Source: TED
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Great article on how innovation helps to spread the news on elections in Burundi.
Source: Africa Review
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