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African youth hungry for connectivity

11 Apr 2013

In a tiny sweltering tin-roofed shack tucked inside one of Mogadishu’s bullet-riddled neighbourhoods, two brothers, Ali Hassan and Mustafa Yare, sit hunched over one of eight humming desktop...

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The country that gave the world two groundbreaking innovations in technology: M-Pesa, a mobile...

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For girls, ‘it is possible to dream big’

Juliana Rotich, co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi
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Growing up in her native Kenya, Juliana Rotich was the lonely, young “geek” with oversized glasses...

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Africa’s love affair with BlackBerry: Smartphone’s secret to success is affordability

Africa Wired

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Mobile phones are getting smarter in rural AfricaEvery phone can become a “mobile computing...

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UN commission sets broadband targetsAmbitious plan to increase Internet access and speed...

NEPAD on the ground

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Concrete action in five key areas

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Social media boosts Nigeria's polls: Elections redefined, as candidates and voters go online

Information technology super-charging Rwanda's economy

15 Apr 2011

Rwandans undergoing training on an "ICT bus": The growth of Rwanda's information and...

Africa Watch

15 Jan 2010

In December the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) reported that mobile phone...