East African news (Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya), ICT maturity model for education

Various stories from the past couple of days

East Africa & Microsoft, Tanzania & China, Nigeria’s ICT sector history

Here is a recently uploaded video with interviews from representatives of the four largest players involved with the launch and regulation of the EASSy cable, bandwidth, and pricing. It’s always good to match faces with names. The promises of these men will most come to fruition, but the larger question …

Remember back to the SEACOM and TEAMS landings. It important to draw a distinction between the “landing of the cable” and the completion of the project. The former refers to the mere physical completion of the cable between the two landing stations, while the latter refers to the actual ready-for-commercial-service …

Numerous articles from East Africa and Nigeria, plus some editiorials & publications