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Francis Mwathi WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP-AFRICA

E-payment: The journey so far 27th November 2009 Eleven months after the Federal government introduced the electronic payment system in all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Nigerians are yet to feel its advantage over the manual payment system it sought to replace. It has been tales of delay payments and people are asking questions. Government said it is aware of the limitations of the system and has promise to seek lasting solution to it. This prompted the government to i… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on November 27, 2009 at 7:55am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP-AFRICA

Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning 19th November 2009 The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information. "The number of mobile subscribers is increasing at a dramatic rate with the number of global cellphone subscribers in 2006 being estimated at 2.5 billion of an estimated global population of 6.6 billion," says David Cantor, a senior technical manager of ICF… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on November 20, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP-AFRICA

Cellphone operators need to get savvy to thrive in Africa 11th November 2009 African cellular network operators need to sharpen up their acts to make a profit in countries where already poor consumers are trying to cut back their spending even further. Operators must begin sharing infrastructure to cut costs, lobby governments for relief from arbitrary taxes, argue against politically imposed rate cuts and offer locally developed data content to keep consumers interested. That list of cru… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on November 13, 2009 at 8:14am — No Comments

Esther Nasikye Africa - are you connected? Telecentre practitioners, here is a chance to have your say!

Is the web your window to the world? Or are you struggling to connect?

BBC News is preparing a series of reports from Africa - asking if the arrival of high speed broadband internet will make any difference to people's daily lives. Are you in Africa?… Continue

Added by Esther Nasikye on September 8, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

Polly Gaster The Challenge of Digital Inclusion in Mozambique

Dear all SANGONet (South Africa NGO Forum) has been coordinating a regional research project into ICT4D issues in different countries in the region. Reports are produced, and then debated in Forums in the respective country. So I want to give you a quick report on the Mozambique Forum, which as you know from SANGONet took place on 30 June. SANGONet also circulated the address for downloading our report, so maybe some of you have already had a look - it's available in both Portuguese and English… Continue

Added by Polly Gaster on August 4, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Christopher Mwangi Digital teaching for colleges

An initiative that will see teaching move from the blackboard to computer and TV screens is being rolled out in 22 teacher training colleges in Kenya. Through the Kenyan Education Ministry, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and DStv project, student-teachers will get specialised training how to use digital satellite technology to support and enhance learning and teaching. The corporate social investment package that was launched last month integrates traditional teachi… Continue

Added by Christopher Mwangi on March 12, 2009 at 3:15am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP-AFRICA

Handicapped women in Congo find success on Ebay 5th March 2009 In one of Africa’s most war-torn regions, the Eastern Congo, a group of handicapped women have managed to create a sustainable business by selling their crafts on the auction site Ebay. The women have found a willing buying market through the online portal over the last eight months, despite not having any funding to start the venture. The company, Shona Crafts, was started with the assistance of Dawn Hurley, an Americ… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on March 6, 2009 at 1:54am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi Undersea fibre-optic cable touches Mombasa

This story first featured on the East African Business Week on 28th February 2009 The long awaited SEACOM fibre-optic cable arrives at Mombasa today. The arrival of the cable at Mombasa signals the onset of a whole new era in the telecommunications industry, especially the data services in the East African region. The project cost is estimated at US$ 700m upon completion. Over-reliance on satellite based data solutions is blamed for the high cost of communication in the region. Local companie… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on March 4, 2009 at 2:56am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP-AFRICA

Microsoft launches “BizSpark” program in Gafsa, Tunisia 24th February 2009 TUNIS- Microsoft launched its “BizSpark” initiative in the southern city of Gafsa, in Tunisia, on Tuesday. The program which aims at supporting ICT start ups, to create new software and web design has already been launched in several countries throughout the world, including in Jordan. Launching the program, Mr. Walid Abu- Hadhba, Microsoft vice- president in charge of group development, said that the choic… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on February 27, 2009 at 6:32am — No Comments

Sandra Nassali African nations plan to connect rural areas to internet

In five years' time, several under served rural areas in Africa will be connected to the Internet following the rural information and communication technology (ICT) policies being implemented by African governments. Zambia, Rwanda, South Africa and Nigeria are promoting the use of Internet services to rural areas to serve communities that are cut off from the rest of the world and to increase access to public information. Only a few months after Zambia and Rwanda launched their rural ICT devel… Continue

Added by Sandra Nassali on February 25, 2009 at 4:53am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP-AFRICA

'Mobile health' campaign launched 17th February, 2009 Three foundations have announced their intention to join in a "mobile health" effort to use mobile technology to provide better healthcare worldwide. The UN, Vodafone, and the Rockefeller Foundation's mHealth Alliance aims to unite existing projects to improve healthcare using mobile technology. The alliance will guide governments, NGOs, and mobile firms on how they can save lives in the developing world. The partnership is… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on February 20, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi New technology to give poor access to financial services

The Department for International Development will announce a £1.4 million three-year project that will lay the foundations for financial services to be made available through new and emerging technology across Africa and Asia, to bring access to the poor in developing countries. International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander said the introduction of Mobile phones, text messages and fingerprint recognition could soon bring branchless banking to millions of the world's poorest people and… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on February 16, 2009 at 1:39am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP-AFRICA

Africa is poorest in internet access 8th February 2009 Africa still has the lowest internet access in the world according to a study commissioned by Ernst & Young. The study was dubbed "Africa Connected: Telecommunication growth story." The report noted that many people in Africa are living in rural areas, where there is no access to the internet due to cost among others. It said that the penetration rate in Africa is at 5.4%. This AfricaNews reporter said it is a source of wo… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on February 13, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi Weekly News Round Up - Africa

ICTs discussed at high level NEPAD meeting January 29, 2009 Addis Ababa - The New partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) has challenged more African nations to get involved in the project to develop Internet connection linking African countries to one another and to the rest of the world by 2015. The project, called the Broadband Infrastructure Network, hopes to connect east African countries to a communications network stretching from South Africa to Rwanda. A second broad… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on February 6, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Francis Mwathi Weekly News Round Up - Africa

Makerere University IT centre to link 100 varsities 29th January 2009 Kampala- Makerere University has opened a computing and information technology centre to develop local computer software. The 12,000sq metre complex valued at over $20m is expected to connect over 100 universities in 13 African countries with India in e-education. It is part of the Faculty of Computing and Information Communication Technology (ICT). The ICT minister, Dr. Ham Mulira, represented President Yoweri… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on January 30, 2009 at 6:49am — No Comments

Christopher Mwangi Agronomists to map African soil

International agronomists plan to map different soil types across Africa to improve agricultural methods, increase harvests and help farmers earn a better living from their land, scientists said on Tuesday. The four-year project will combine on-the-ground soil sampling and remote satellite imagery to produce a detailed digital map of sub-Saharan Africa, the Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) said. "Soil management in sub-Saharan Africa must be improved dramatically if we are to reduce pove… Continue

Added by Christopher Mwangi on January 16, 2009 at 3:34am — 1 Comment

Francis Mwathi Top ten African Countries in Internet Use

Nigeria leads Africa in terms of people who access the internet. According to statistics released in the Internet Governance Forum held from 3-6 December 2008 at Hyderabad, India, the number of Nigerian Internet Users had reached 10 million placing it way ahead of other countries like South Africa and Egypt. The west African country which is also Africa's most populus country with a population of over 140 million is followed by Egypt and Morocco with 8.6 and 7.3 million users respectively. Sout… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on January 14, 2009 at 9:00am — 6 Comments

Francis Mwathi News Round-Up Africa

Meeting Computer Requirements 6 January 2009 Accra-The world increasingly has become a global village, as a result of the impact of Information Technology (IT) and Science development, indicative of the fact that truly we are in an information age. Ghana cannot afford to be left behind in this great endeavor as most economies of the world are shifting from depending on traditional sources of income towards intellectual resources.Blessed with abundant natural and human resources, we have… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on January 10, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi East Africa Community Regional E-government Working Group Meeting

The East Africa Community (EAC) E-government working group on e-government held a meeting from 29 to 30 August Last year with support from the Economic Commission for Africa’s e-Policy Resource Network for Africa (ePolnet). As part of its efforts to implement the Africa Information Society Initiative (AISI), ECA is providing advisory assistance to EAC’s e-government sub-regional project. The purpose of the meeting was to finalize the EAC sub-regional e-government framework and to adopt a framew… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on January 7, 2009 at 12:11am — No Comments

Sandra Nassali Mobile phone banking (m-banking)- a key note in promoting development today

Providing financial services/ access such as savings, deposits, money and remittances is vital to reducing poverty. Finances can enable poor people to invest in productive assets like agriculture, livestock and poultry or help expand a business. In many developing countries however, most people do not have access to basic financial services. Poor people are often considered viable customers by formal financial institutions as their transactions are small and many live in remote areas beyond the… Continue

Added by Sandra Nassali on December 18, 2008 at 5:17am — 3 Comments

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