In Part 6 of the ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate series, Emmanuel Okonji journalist from the Daily Independent Newspaper shares his thoughts on the digital divide in Africa.
Filmed at West and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal June 2010.
Tags: Daily Independent Newspaper, dakar, digital divide debate, Emmanuel Okonji, ForgetMeNot Africa, West and Central Africa Com
Noah Dumahasi, project manager for Together Ghana, shares his thoughts on the digital divide across Ghana and the development of communication technology in rural Africa.
By 2013, mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide. According to Gartner’s PC installed base forecast, the total number of PCs in use will reach 1.78 billion units in 2013. (more…)
Tags: Mobile phones, Web access device
In Part 5 of the Digital Divide Debate series, Emmanuel Mugabi from the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Uganda shares his thoughts on the digital divide in Africa.
Filmed at Digital Africa, Kampala, Uganda, 2010.
Tags: Africa, African Telecoms, digital africa, digital divide debate, Emmanuel Mugabi, FMNA, ForgetMeNot Africa, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Uganda, VAS Services in Africa
The conference opened with a standing ovation and a song! The arrival of the Vice President of the Republic of Uganda followed by a rendition of the Ugandan national anthem kicked of Digital Africa 2010. (more…)
Tags: Bridging the digital divide, digital divide debate, digital revolution, Dr Hamadoun Toure, ForgetMeNot Africa, the ITU Secretary General
Mobile phones are seeing a surge in popularity in Africa. Telephone landlines are slow to roll out across rural Africa, leaving difficult to access areas without fixed phone lines and internet access. Mobile towers solve the problem, by making mobile phones accessible. According to the Guardian, in the Democratic Republic of Congo there are only 10,000 fixed-line telephones, but more than 8 million mobile subscribers. (more…)
Tags: Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, mobile banking, Mobile phones
Kenyan mobile network operator, Safaricom has launched a solar-powered mobile phone according to Cellular News. Branded Simu ya Solar and manufactured under a partnership with ZTE, the handset is made from recycled materials and has an in-built solar panel. (more…)
Tags: Kenya, Michael Joseph, mobile network operators, Safaricom
For many years people have spoken about how reliable access to internet services will change the way education is delivered in Africa. While most Western schools do enjoy full use of email and the internet, a large majority of African schools still do not have the same ability due to the lack of access and a problem known widely as the digital divide. (more…)
According to IT News Africa, Econet Wireless Group (EWG) of South Africa has started moves to block the sale of Kuwaiti-based Zain’s interests in Zain Nigeria until a ruling on a dispute over ownership of the company is passed. Last week media reports indicated that the Zain Group, a mobile telecoms company with operations in 22 countries in the Middle East and Africa, may agree to a deal to sell its African operations to French company Vivendi for up to USD12 billion.
Tags: African mobile networks, Econet, ForgetMeNot Africa, Nigeria, Zain, Zimbabwe
This is another recent example of how technology and partnerships are helping to bridge the digital divide. Google , The Grameen foundation and MTN have launched mobile applications for communities who have no access to information reports IT News Africa. (more…)
Tags: Add new tag, Google, Grameen Foundation, IT News Africa, MTN, Uganda
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