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Configuring the Linksys PAP2T ATA
Configuring the Linksys PAP2T is a relatively simple task. Here are the steps to get you up and running.
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Physical Connections
Connect the ATA to...
VoIP Beats Skype for Niger State Offices
There is no denying the usefulness of Skype in facilitating communication across Africa. In fact, at Inveneo, we’ve found Skype to offer the best connection...
Africa’s Mobile Phone Future: IP Based, Not SMS
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With all the hype around the use of text messaging on mobile phones, like Google Trader or FrontlineSMS, it seems that the future...
Tropicalized Computing with Aurora Wireless
Aurora Wireless works in Northern Nigeria, a dry area not known for rain forests. Yet general manager, Abdulhamid Yahaya, is keen on “tropicalized computing”...
The Silent Arrival of Glo 1 Bandwidth in West Africa
This week, the Glo 1 fiber optic submarine cable landed in Nigeria to a fraction of the Seacom hype in East Africa. And yet it could be just as transforming.
Glo...
Write About Your Business Challenge – Win $4,000
Do you have a business challenge while working in low-income communities, that has created a new business model or initiative?
Regardless of its success or failure,...
Barefoot Women Solar Electrification Engineers
Here is an interesting video from the Barefoot College solar program in which they’ve trained illiterate women from African villages to be solar engineers...
1.3 Trillion Naira Opportunity: Buy Naija Code
The market opportunity for Nigerian software development is stunning, if you take a moment to look at its size. First we have Umar Bindir, Director General of National...
While Kenya Waits, Cameroon Internet Prices Drop 90%
Back in July, Kenya rejoiced with Seacom’s landing, expecting a quick and beneficial drop in Internet access costs and a dramatic increase in bandwidth. The...
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