Pondering Africa’s digital camera
March 10, 2010 – 1:26 am | Comments

Years ago, Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, a documentary author, aptly predicted that “Digital cameras will allow us to re-create the African collective memory.” For one, he felt that digital cameras that filmed video were less intimidating than …

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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 …

Technology Leapfrogging: Theory vs. Reality
January 12, 2010 – 12:35 am | Comments
Technology Leapfrogging: Theory vs. Reality

It’s tempting to dream of the ideal African ICT establishment, a well-oiled (but sustainable) machine crafted out of the failures of experienced ‘expert’ nations. Is technology leapfrogging still viable in developing areas, such as Africa? …

In America, a collaborative method of connecting rural areas to broadband
January 8, 2010 – 2:04 am | Comments
In America, a collaborative method of connecting rural areas to broadband

Often, when speaking about the penetration of broadband on the African continent, the comparison is made with developed nations such as the United States. However, even in the U.S., broadband is not a given. Many …

The African Virtual School and e-learning
January 6, 2010 – 12:51 am | Comments

The African Virtual School, a fairly new e-learning program (based in Sierra Leone and the U.K.) caught my attention after the site recently posted a couple of videos on YouTube. The short, simple, and well-paced …

To think 10 years ago it was a feat to have all 54 countries online…
December 31, 2009 – 7:23 pm | Comments
To think 10 years ago it was a feat to have all 54 countries online…

By the end of the year 2000, every African nation could boast an active Internet connection. However, this statistic sounds more meaningful that it actually was. Most connections were unstable, slow, and limited to capital …

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 …