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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...

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, the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise’s Bottom...

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 for their communities in just 6 months: Barefoot College makes...

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 Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP),...