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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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Snatching up shares in Burkina Faso

15 Jul 2009

When the management of Burkina Faso’s premier telecommunications company decided in December to...

A bank in every African pocket?

15 Jan 2008

In South Africa, Kenya and other countries, cell phones can be used to bring financial services...

New cable to connect eastern Africa

15 Jan 2008

A seller of melons using her mobile phone at a fruit and vegetable market in Nairobi, Kenya: The...

Internet enriches learning in rural Uganda

15 Apr 2007

Even in rural schools NEPAD project is connecting students to the Internet and expanding their...

Harnessing the Internet for development

15 Jul 2006

While Africa’s post-independence leaders dreamed of linking their countries through road and...

Community radio: a voice for the poor

15 Jul 2005

Better local communications can boost development, democracy