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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A look at pre-Internet Christmas ICT
December 25, 2009 – 3:01 pm | Comments

Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas” actually is a fine example of using ICT to spread information. The project can be considered an ancestor of today’s viral video. Although the lyrics paint Africa in …

Seacom’s post popular broadband competion entry
December 20, 2009 – 10:46 pm | Comments

The current leader in Seacom’s Broadband Competiton has over 10,000 more votes than the competiting entries combined – and the contest ended on December 11th. However, it is still up to a panel of judges …

The truth behind ‘friendly competition’
December 13, 2009 – 12:23 am | Comments
The truth behind ‘friendly competition’

“They (Smiles) are welcome on the market. We are not scared of them but we shall see how they serve the clients” – Warid Telecom Head of Marketing Mr Shine George“Competition is healthy, customer is …

If an African ICT magazine launches, does anyone hear it?
December 10, 2009 – 11:27 pm | Comments
If an African ICT magazine launches, does anyone hear it?

One would imagine that an ICT magazine aimed at closing the ‘information gap’ would be published both in print and online. However, Africa Telecom & IT Business, a new London-based and Lagos-launched publication covering ICT …

IDRC: Innovations for ICTs in Africa
December 4, 2009 – 12:25 am | Comments

The Connectivity Africa program is funded by Canada’s IDRC. The main points of the video is to highlight what the organization provides for Africa.

Connectivity & Health: The use of PDAs & access points in Uganda, …

‘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 …