Mobile video & farmers, Glo-1 in Ghana, SA’s web/race demographics, Nigerian elections, .africa action, Africa’s business environment, and more

Opinion on Tanzanian digital divide, Liberia’s cloud vs. open source, Nigerian cyber-crime spreads, misc. ICT conferences

It’s a no-brainer. Walk more than 5 kilometers to the nearest cyber café or simply use a standard mobile phone to send e-mail. Well, ForgetMeNot Africa, a specialist in unified messaging for telecommunications operators, has developed a system of sending emails to mobile devices via SMS. Of course, this technology …

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Social media success for Nigerian President, Gabon sees investment, EASSy and broadband prices, KIE e-learning bolstered

The success of the Internet, above everything else, hinges on public interest, which is tied to literacy. A lack of literacy often translates to a lack of interest in computing. The multi-cultural nature of African societies has long posed a challenge for computer use. For example, South …