City Profile: Ibadan, Nigeria
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Video: Ministerial Meeting on the Transformational Power of ICT for Africa
June 5, 2010 – 1:36 am | View Comments

Although posted back on May 13th, this video is still new (and has only averaged 2 views per day). The World Bank sponsored eTransform Initiative seeks to leverage the power of icts to transform lives …

Figure: Evolution of Cell Phone Market Structure
June 3, 2010 – 11:45 pm | View Comments
Figure: Evolution of Cell Phone Market Structure

The working paper that produced the above image is worth a read, but this graph is especially captivating:

In the early years of cell phone use (1995-2000) there was little demand and incumbent operators simply controlled …

Mauritania’s outlook no longer on hold
May 31, 2010 – 4:16 am | View Comments
Mauritania’s outlook no longer on hold

Just a few years ago, Mauritania appeared to be on a trajectory for certain ICT success. For one, neighboring North African nations were relatively advance in terms of ICT adoption and could serve as a …

For better or for worse, Western Sahara’s Internet future is with Morocco
May 30, 2010 – 5:59 pm | View Comments
For better or for worse, Western Sahara’s Internet future is with Morocco

Life is about priorities, and Western Sahara has bigger problems than the Internet or mobile phones. Try political recognition and even national identity. For the past 30 odd years, Western Sahara has been the backyard …

Chart: National ICT plans by region, recent vs. last decade
May 29, 2010 – 12:17 am | View Comments
Chart: National ICT plans by region, recent vs. last decade

Measuring exact date of revision or enactment of an ICT plan, let alone determining if such a plan indeed exists, is a challenge. Still, general trends become apparent when comparing the recency of African ICT …

Scanned international connectivity map, 1995
May 20, 2010 – 3:30 am | View Comments
Scanned international connectivity map, 1995

The image above shows the nations with known Internet connections as of late 1995. Even in cases of no TLD or public access, private citizens or governments could still have had dial-up via long-distance. Internet-Ham …