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Evoke: The online game to empower Africa
March 2, 2010 – 12:24 am | Comments

Tomorrow (Wednesday, March 3, 2010) marks the start of the weekly reality-online game “Evoke“. Created by Jane McGonigal, the hybrid of real-life meets online world seeks to have people partake in beneficial activities in order …

Africa should want its own ad networks
February 26, 2010 – 1:33 am | Comments
Africa should want its own ad networks

Fundamentally, an online advertisement is a medium for communication. Advertisements are a vehicle for the transfer of goods and/or services. Not only do ads contribute to the economy, but they facilitate social progress. Additionally, ad …

Deceptive data: Website popularity statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa
January 16, 2010 – 4:36 pm | Comments
Deceptive data: Website popularity statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gathering accurate and reliable Internet usage statistics has never been easy. Furthermore, the data we can obtain must be carefully examined before assumptions can be formed.
Despite limited Internet bandwidth, file-sharing websites appear relatively popular in …

Recent ICT blog posts and articles
December 25, 2009 – 9:11 pm | Comments
Recent ICT blog posts and articles

Here are a few miscellaneous articles and posts that have been shared in the past week in case you missed them the first time:

How inefficient operators, information asymmetry between regulator and operators and the role …

‘Riskiest domains’ list should be taken with a grain of salt
December 3, 2009 – 12:41 am | Comments
‘Riskiest domains’ list should be taken with a grain of salt

The Internet is a dangerous place, but Africa may be safer than once though. Although McAfee may call Cameroon the nation with the riskiest domain (with a 36.7% risk ratio), the statistics are somewhat unclear …

Illiterate? Not a problem with voice applications
November 25, 2009 – 2:19 am | Comments
Illiterate? Not a problem with voice applications

Today  (Nov 25, 2009), Uganda’s Monitor Online is running a story on how the Internet will soon be an option for the illiterate and disabled. Currently, such individuals are limited to basic SMS functions and …