3G for Djibouti, Ivory Coast; joint 4G licensing in Kenya; LTE not 4G in South Africa; Bharti brings 2G/3G to 7 nations; 18% annual mobile growth in Africa
A couple of weeks ago, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), regarded as the source for Internet statistics, released a report on Internet usage habits in 152 countries around the world. The title: “Measuring the Information Society 2011.” Of interest to many is the ICT Development Index which ranks nations by …
Some African telecoms engage more with users than others.
Generally speaking, heavily Francophone African nations face an extra challenge in communicating developments to the global community. How can they overcome this barrier?
Ghana’s ICT initiatives, Kenyan fiber projects: will SEACOM, TEAMS, or EASSy succeed?, broadband investment in Ethiopia (via U.S. or China?)
In Nigeria, a study says, elections held last April brought the use of social media in the political field to new levels. UN Africa Renewal’s André-Michel Essoungou reports.
oAfrica addresses a variety of aspects of African connectivity with an understanding that every nation has different tools and ideologies to utilize. Africa is unique from the developed world and its Internet successes cannot necessarily be tracked by the same means.
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