ICTworks

In reading Miquel Balsa’s post, The decline of Senegalese (and maybe all) internet cafes, I was struck by the suggestion that public internet access points would soon disappear because the business model wasn’t...

[[TOC]] Summary We at Inveneo love the Asus eeeBox for its low power consumption, good performance, small form factor, and durability in rugged environments.  We also love Ubuntu for its intuitive user interface, open...

Configuring the Linksys PAP2T is a relatively simple task.  Here are the steps to get you up and running. [[TOC]] Physical Connections Connect the ATA to power making sure to use a 5V power adapter.  Connecting...

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 to African phones – beating USA cellphones, landlines,...

tweetmeme_source = 'ICT_works'; With all the hype around the use of text messaging on mobile phones, like Google Trader or FrontlineSMS, it seems that the future of communication in Africa will be SMS. Yet, Erik Hersman...

Aurora Wireless works in Northern Nigeria, a dry area not known for rain forests. Yet general manager, Abdulhamid Yahaya, is keen on “tropicalized computing” solutions – hardware and software designed to...

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 1 landing in Nigeria The 9,800 km long cable will bring direct...