WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP-AFRICA
Get medical attention, sell products using SMS
1st July, 2009
MTN phone operator Uganda, Google and the Grameen Foundation have launched a mobile phone application that provides instant information to mobile phone users in remote communities. The application enables a mobile phone user to send a text message to 6001 for information on any health including HIV/AIDS tests. “For example, you can type HIV TEST and send to 6001 for information on HIV/AIDS related issues. “To find the nearest clinic, you type clinic and your location and you will get all the vital health information,” the MTN Uganda chairman disclosed during the launch at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel on Tuesday.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/32/686481?highlight&q=Get%20Medi...
German communication initiative targets Africa’s online community
1st July, 2009
The German Information Centre (GIC) Pretoria has linked anglophone Africa to modern Germany and its multifaceted cooperation with the African continent. The GIC, according to Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in a statement opened in late 2008 and added yet another component to Germany’s earlier political and cultural commitments to its neighbouring continent. “Via the GIC, we again demonstrate that Africa has a special role to play for Germany” underlined the Centre’s Director, Ute König, who describes her role as that of a “digital diplomat” the statement added.
German Information Centres worldwide, the statement added, use the web as the preferred method of communication and provide up-to-date information about the culture, people, politics and important events taking place in Germany.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/01/german-communication-initiati...
Angolan Minister says optical fibre network to bring benefits
1st July, 2009
The Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, José Carvalho Rocha, on Wednesday considered in Kuito city, central Bié province, that optical fibre installed to connect various regions will bring about benefits for population. Speaking to press, after assessing ongoing projects in Chinguar district and Kuito city, the government official assured that this equipment will favour 13 capital cities, with highlight to Benguela, Huambo, Kuito, Malanje, Ndalatando, Luanda.
According to him, it will facilitate mainly the quality service rendered, with accessible prices for the country's communities.
http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/ciencia-e-tecnolo...
Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation Says Working to Boost Mobile Phone Service Quality
2nd July, 2009
The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) disclosed that it was working on mobile phone upgrading project as of March 2009 in a bid to centralize the mobile network service that was formerly rendered separately by different companies and improve the overall quality of the service in the capital. In a statement sent to The Daily Monitor, the corporation indicated that the previous mobile network capacity which was less than one million would grow to 2.5 million as a result the new expansion project.
"This network expansion project incorporates the work of segregating the previous network service with the improved ones," the statement said adding "this operation, however, created temporary inconveniency on the quality of the service"
http://www.theafricamonitor.com/
South African Operators resigned to SIM card law
2nd July, 2009
ANYONE who bought a cellphone SIM card yesterday and was not asked to present their credentials was involved in a criminal act. A new law aiming to crack down on criminal activities makes it an offence to sell a SIM card without recording the buyer’s name, address, cellphone number, ID or passport number and checking their ID book or passport and a bill to confirm their address. The reason for the rigmarole is to make it harder for criminals to buy SIM cards — the theory being that if a call is linked to a crime, the police can see who bought the SIM card and make an arrest.
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=74650
1st July, 2009
MTN phone operator Uganda, Google and the Grameen Foundation have launched a mobile phone application that provides instant information to mobile phone users in remote communities. The application enables a mobile phone user to send a text message to 6001 for information on any health including HIV/AIDS tests. “For example, you can type HIV TEST and send to 6001 for information on HIV/AIDS related issues. “To find the nearest clinic, you type clinic and your location and you will get all the vital health information,” the MTN Uganda chairman disclosed during the launch at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel on Tuesday.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/32/686481?highlight&q=Get%20Medi...
German communication initiative targets Africa’s online community
1st July, 2009
The German Information Centre (GIC) Pretoria has linked anglophone Africa to modern Germany and its multifaceted cooperation with the African continent. The GIC, according to Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in a statement opened in late 2008 and added yet another component to Germany’s earlier political and cultural commitments to its neighbouring continent. “Via the GIC, we again demonstrate that Africa has a special role to play for Germany” underlined the Centre’s Director, Ute König, who describes her role as that of a “digital diplomat” the statement added.
German Information Centres worldwide, the statement added, use the web as the preferred method of communication and provide up-to-date information about the culture, people, politics and important events taking place in Germany.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/01/german-communication-initiati...
Angolan Minister says optical fibre network to bring benefits
1st July, 2009
The Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, José Carvalho Rocha, on Wednesday considered in Kuito city, central Bié province, that optical fibre installed to connect various regions will bring about benefits for population. Speaking to press, after assessing ongoing projects in Chinguar district and Kuito city, the government official assured that this equipment will favour 13 capital cities, with highlight to Benguela, Huambo, Kuito, Malanje, Ndalatando, Luanda.
According to him, it will facilitate mainly the quality service rendered, with accessible prices for the country's communities.
http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/ciencia-e-tecnolo...
Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation Says Working to Boost Mobile Phone Service Quality
2nd July, 2009
The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) disclosed that it was working on mobile phone upgrading project as of March 2009 in a bid to centralize the mobile network service that was formerly rendered separately by different companies and improve the overall quality of the service in the capital. In a statement sent to The Daily Monitor, the corporation indicated that the previous mobile network capacity which was less than one million would grow to 2.5 million as a result the new expansion project.
"This network expansion project incorporates the work of segregating the previous network service with the improved ones," the statement said adding "this operation, however, created temporary inconveniency on the quality of the service"
http://www.theafricamonitor.com/
South African Operators resigned to SIM card law
2nd July, 2009
ANYONE who bought a cellphone SIM card yesterday and was not asked to present their credentials was involved in a criminal act. A new law aiming to crack down on criminal activities makes it an offence to sell a SIM card without recording the buyer’s name, address, cellphone number, ID or passport number and checking their ID book or passport and a bill to confirm their address. The reason for the rigmarole is to make it harder for criminals to buy SIM cards — the theory being that if a call is linked to a crime, the police can see who bought the SIM card and make an arrest.
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=74650
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