Africa’s carriers’ carrier WIOCC has entered into a strategic partnership with Cable&Wireless Worldwide, a global mission critical communications provider, to improve the reliability, performance and reach of international connectivity in and out of Africa.

Randall Lane, of Forbes, sits down with Dr. Hamadoun Touré, the head of the International Telecommunication Union to discuss broadband as a human right.

How many times have you read that a 10% increase in broadband penetration brings a 1.4% boost to GDP in developing nations? Ever wonder where that # comes from?

Does the mafia really control Swaziland’s parastatal telecommunications company? Probably not, but such finger-pointing is distracting when the public needs faster and cheaper Internet services.

Ghana’s open source center, Namibian/Zambian/Botswana broadband plans, keep known cyber criminal nations offline?

Goodluck Jonathan’s social media success, securing peace of mind in the cloud, another year, another carrier pigeon race, IE9 launches, offline Wikipedia for Africa