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Building Youth Economic Empowerment with ICT

Building Youth Economic Empowerment with ICT

Published on: Jun 10 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Building Youth Economic Empowerment with ICT
Let us start by agreeing that technology has great promise in increasing the economic empowerment of youth in the developing world. We all believe it. But what...
Are we in the IT sector or the ICT sector?

Are we in the IT sector or the ICT sector?

Published on: Jun 06 2011 by Wayan Vota - 13 Comments
When you think and speak of your company and your profession, do you use the term “IT”, as in Information Technology, or do you say “ICT”...
Geuza: Build your Swahili vocabulary and fluency on a mobile phone

Geuza: Build your Swahili vocabulary and fluency on a mobile phone

Published on: May 27 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Geuza: Build your Swahili vocabulary and fluency on a mobile phone
Geuza was a winner at the Samsung Kenya Apps Contest last year, and I can see why: its a hot language learning tool designed for mobile phones. A real Kenyan mLearning...
7 strategies to target Africa’s broadband consumers

7 strategies to target Africa’s broadband consumers

Published on: May 23 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 7 strategies to target Africa’s broadband consumers
This is a screenshot of an Internet bandwidth speed test I did at a hotel in Dar es Salaam. At 1.65 Mbs, that’s the fastest speed I’ve ever recorded...
Lizards, Monkeys, and Bees – ICT Support Calls Inveneo Has Received

Lizards, Monkeys, and Bees – ICT Support Calls Inveneo Has Received

Published on: May 20 2011 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
With rural ICT implementations in over 23 countries, Inveneo gets some interesting support calls as all manner of issues come about. Today from Kenya, we bring...
Tanzania Domestic Broadband Internet Infrastructure Policy Analysis

Tanzania Domestic Broadband Internet Infrastructure Policy Analysis

Published on: May 13 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Tanzania Domestic Broadband Internet Infrastructure Policy Analysis
As a follow-on to Why Tanzanian Internet Access Prices Have Not Decreased with the Arrival of SEACOM, Jenny Stefanotti has submitted Domestic Broadband Infrastructure...
Why Tanzanian Internet Access Prices Have Not Decreased with the Arrival of SEACOM

Why Tanzanian Internet Access Prices Have Not Decreased with the Arrival of SEACOM

Published on: May 09 2011 by Wayan Vota - 16 Comments
Recently, Ory Okolloh (aka @kenyanpundit) asked a pertinent question on Twitter, that I would paraphrase as: “Tanzanians – what are your thoughts on...
Hosting Control Panels

Hosting Control Panels

Published on: May 08 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Hosting Control Panels
Making a right decision on choosing the best control panel that fits both the country’s peculiarity and the business at large. Why are people in Africa prefer...
ihostAfrica

ihostAfrica

Published on: May 08 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on ihostAfrica
ihostAfrica is an innovative company making a massive significant investment in improving hosting business in Africa, by ensuring people get hosting at a very cheap...
Evaluation of Intel Teach Getting Started Program in Indonesia

Evaluation of Intel Teach Getting Started Program in Indonesia

Published on: May 06 2011 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
The Evaluation of the Implementation and Impact of the DBE3‐Intel “Getting Started Program” presents the results of an evaluation conducted on the...