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

Africa should consider publishing more weekend online news
November 11, 2009 – 12:17 am | View Comments
Africa should consider publishing more weekend online news

After using Google News to examine ICT attention in last week’s post, I decided to next look at the daily distribution of news stories related to African ICT. It has become apparent over the past …

Predictions of the African Internet, 1994-1998
November 5, 2009 – 1:15 am | View Comments

A look through news stories dating from 1994 to 1998 provides a glimpse into the infancy of Africa’s Internet years. In general, there was great hope that Africa’s economic and social woes would be cured …

Where to look for online ICT groups
November 4, 2009 – 1:13 am | View Comments

Google Groups is definitely not the place to look to connect with others interested in African ICT. More than a dozen Google groups have been founded on this topic. However, only a handful are regularly …