DEVELOPMENT
Egypt stages youth employment seminar
Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Atef Helmy along with the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr Osama Yassin, this week hosted a high-level Youth Employment Generation in Egypt seminar. Read More
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DR Congo readies for world’s largest hydroelectric plant
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is preparing to build a hydroelectric plant that is expected ...
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ICTs to be rolled out to Huambo schools
Angola’s Huambo province plans to accelerate the roll-out of ICT labs to schools across the ...
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Angolan census pilot gets underway
Angolan Vice-President Manuel Domingos Vicente has launched the 15-day pilot census, ahead of the republic’s ...
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Saturday 18 May
Being Pan-African symposium underway
ETHIOPIA
Leading intellectuals from Africa and the African Diaspora are convening in Ethiopia for the African Union symposium “Being Pan-African.” »Friday 17 May
Orange launches the third Orange African Social Venture Prize
Orange has launched the third Orange African Social Venture Prize for ICT-based social innovations in support of development.»Thursday 16 May
Dollar-a-month broadband can change Africa
KENYA
The Microsoft-led 4Afrika TV white spaces project, taking broadband to rural people for as little as a dollar a month, is now expanding in Kenya and launching in Tanzania.»Thursday 16 May
Uganda invites input on draft ICT policy
UGANDA
The Ugandan government is staging a series of consultative workshops on its draft ICT Policy for the country.»Wednesday 15 May
Safaricom Foundation gives PCs to Christian Industrial Training Centres - Pumwani
KENYA
Christian Industrial Training Centers - Pumwani will now offer KNEC examined computer courses, following Safaricom Foundation’s donation of 30 computers to the institution.»Wednesday 15 May
Synergistic partnerships key to successful growth and sustainability
Samsung Electronics places emphasis not only on entertainment and connectivity for all, but similarly on bringing education to a wider market through the implementation of smart solutions.»Tuesday 14 May
ICT opens doors for Kenyan slum dwellers
KENYA
A Nairobi based group is equipping high school girls from Nairobi's slums with ICT skills to help them participate meaningfully in building the economy. »Tuesday 14 May
Youth get ITU focus
ITU has partnered with the Kofi Annan Foundation and One Young World to launch the ‘Kofi Annan Dialogues: LIVE’ at WSIS Forum 2013.»Sunday 12 May
High-tech multimedia library for Angola’s Bie province
ANGOLA
The Angolan government is set to invest about eight hundred million kwanza in building a high-tech media library in Bie province.»Sunday 12 May
North Africa, ME get revised regional solar plan
ALGERIA
An AfDB/World Bank-supported plan aims to generate more than a gigawatt of solar power across the Middle East and North Africa.»Saturday 11 May
Kenya Red Cross appoints Huawei as communications partner
KENYA
Huawei and the Kenya Red Cross Society have signed a partnership deal making Huawei the strategic communications partner for KRCS. »Saturday 11 May
Safaricom Foundation improves school at Machakos
KENYA
The Safaricom Foundation has funded much-needed ablution facilities at a school in Machakos.»Friday 10 May
Lack of educational ICT behind Nigeria's stunted S&T growth
NIGERIA
Nigerian science and technology education lacks ICTs that can enhance learning, says Professor Ayobami Salami, Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) Academics, Obafemi Awolowo University.»Friday 10 May
Ghana opens USD2m solar plant
GHANA
Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, has officially opened a USD2 million two megawatt-solar power plant at Navrongo in the Upper East Region.»Friday 10 May
Smart sustainable cities ‘need holistic approach’
Technology will be key to meeting urban development challenges, concluded participants at the 8th ITU Symposium on ICT and Environment Change in Italy.»Friday 10 May
TV white spaces project to launch in Tanzania
TANZANIA
Microsoft has partnered with the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology and UhuruOne to bring cutting-edge broadband access, Windows 8 devices and technology skills to local universities.»FEATURED STORY
ICT opens doors for Kenyan slum dwellersA Nairobi based group is equipping high school girls from Nairobi's slums with ICT skills to help them participate meaningfully in building the economy.
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Dollar-a-month broadband can change AfricaThe Microsoft-led 4Afrika TV white spaces project, taking broadband to rural people for as little as a dollar a month, is now expanding in Kenya and launching in Tanzania.