Recently, officials from private schools  in Uganda were trained on ICT in Kampala. A report from NTV Uganda underlines the need for government to emphasis ICT skills training. Points include:

Uganda has the 2nd youngest population in the world after Niger – almost 50% under age 15
Research shows correlation between broadband …

Google continues to work on making the Internet be part of everyday life in Africa. They are serious about Africa and their strategy is simple: get users online by developing a relevant, accessible, vibrant and self-sufficient Internet ecosystem. The current focus is to strengthen the African developer community …

24 African ICT, mobile, broadband, and computer stories from the past 9 days

Major news-makers for the month included unrest in Ivory Coast, Nigerian elections, Ugandan social media threats, and undersea cables in South Africa.

Connecting young entrepreneurs, web and mobile-phone programmers, designers, and investors. Few concepts in Africa drives more excitement, collaboration, and promise than the tech hub.

18 promising stories from the usual suspects: SA, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana