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Quand on parle de la promotion des TIC dans les milieux ruraux en Afrique, en quelle langue faut-il parler ? Il y a des centaines de langues en Afrique, représentant une vraie richesse culturelle, mais quelles sont les considérations...
Published on: May 17 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on $4 Million Dollar Business Opportunity: Mobile Phone Music Downloads
When Russel Southwood of Balancing Act, interviewed Ken Njoroge, CEO of Cellulant, on mobile phone music downloads, I was expecting a general overview of the musical tastes of Kenyans. How wrong was I!
In his telling interview,...
All across Nepal, and especially in Kathmandu, there is daily electrical system “load shedding” – which is a polite way of describing 10-14 hour blackouts across the city.
During the dry season, when there...
Recently, we caught up with Josef Scarantino who has just launched African Tech Network to strengthen African technologist in 3 primary ways:
To connect technologist to economic opportunity
To build a network of technologists...
When last did you visit a cyber cafe?
Eight years ago, my answer would have been “right now”. I would have been writing/reading this on a computer in a cyber cafe. Right now however, I am lying somewhere comfortable in...
An interesting conversation sparked by a blog post on the Ushahdi blog is the main reason for this post.
The post by Erik Hersman raises issues about open source software and tools created in Africa and ICT for Development...
It’s been about 12 months since Africa was the only continent without submarine fiber telecommunication links to the rest of the world on all of its coasts. The east coast did not have any fiber links while the west coast...
Published on: May 03 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on SMS:Gov – Local Government Interface for Constituents via SMS Text Messages
Local governments in the developing world face a serious communications problem. As Roomthinker tweets, there is currently no easy mechanism for constituents to communicate with their elected officials – in urban or...
Recently, a new website has appeared on the ICT4D scene that I found worthy: Online Africa – Tracking ICT Progress.
With good content and in-depth ICT analysis, its a worthy read and I encourage you to subscribe...
Published on: Apr 26 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How to Stop Internet Porn in School Computer Labs
First off, pornography happens online, and it’s been a problem in every country for decades now. Just read what the U.S. Department of Justice said way back in 1996:
“Never before in the history of telecommunications...
