Android Mobile Phone Proliferation is Good for African ICT Even if it Fragments Development
The tech publication Ars Technica warned recently that Android’s proliferation in China might not lift Google’s image in East Asia–many parties...
$100 Huawei Android Mobile Phone is Bringing the Netbook Revolution to Smartphones
Yesterday, Huawei introduced a revolutionary Android smartphone in the Kenyan market. The tech specs for the IDEOS mobile phone will make any hardware geek...
How ProjectFOCUS is Bridging Digital Divides with Bicycles
Across colleges in North America, ProjectFOCUS is raising awareness and capital to invest in solar-powered, income-generating internet cafes in Uganda with amazing,...
The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Important Links for Aug 17-31, 2010
Sending MMS your way: On August 26, the good folks over at FrontlineSMS, upped the ante with the addition of MMS capabilities to the latest release of their software....
The 10 Worst Practices in ICT for Education Are…
Michael Trucano, a recognized expert on deploying ICT in education, recently blogged about Worst practice in ICT use in education:
Here’s a list of some of...
3 Reasons Why the Kenyan Mobile Tariff Price War Matters to ICT Companies
Kenyan consumers are rightly excited that the mobile phone company Zain, now owned by Bharti Airtel, has kicked off a price war with just announced unprecedented...
ICT Enabled a Safe and Clean Constitutional Referendum in Kenya
The relative calm surrounding Kenya’s constitutional referendum held on August 4 is a stark departure from the violence that marred the infamous 2007 general...
BB4NG Broadband for Nigeria Needs Electricity
The Nigeria ICT Forum has a call to action – a call for Broad Band For Nigeria (BB4NG): broadband internet access with speed of at least 4Mbps that is accessible,...
3 Critical Issues and 4 Solutions to Providing Offline Educational Content
Recently, Kiflom Bezabeh asked an interesting question on LinkedIn’s African ICT Network:
While there were several good answers to Kiflom’s specific...