Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it was partnering with the British Council in Africa to deliver their Africa Digital Schools Project aimed at assisting in “bridging the digital divide”, in six African countries.
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Microsoft to bridge digital divide through African school partnership
Part 8: ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate – Illiteracy is main problem in Niger
In Part 8 of the ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate series Kouassi Francois, Director of Marketing and Communications at Moov Niger shares his thoughts with ForgetMeNot Africa.
He explains that in Niger, to bridge the Digital Divide we must first tackle illiteracy. More than 80% of population cannot read or write to send and SMS and much rather use voice. Until this is tackled The Digital Divide in Niger will only grow and it is a major problem which needs to be addressed.
Tags: Bridging the digital divide, digital divide debate, Kouassi Francois, Moov Niger, Niger, unified messaging, West Africa Com
Google vested interest in Africa
African Business reports Google Africa’s vested interest in Africa. (more…)
Tags: Africa, Bridging the digital divide, Google, internet
Digital Technology in Africa talk in London
Can digital technology offer the countries of Africa realistic economic and educational opportunities?
The Royal Geographical Society have assembled an international panel of experts who will answer questions on this very issue at Digital Technology in Africa, which takes place on the 18th of May 2011, at the Royal Geographical Society, London.
Chaired by Sir Bob Geldof
The Discussion will be chaired by Humanitarian and Campaigner, SIR Bob Geldof and also include:
NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE Founder and Chairman, One Laptop Per Child
ERIK HERSMAN Co-Founder, Ushahidi, Afrigadget and iHub
HERMAN CHINERY-HESSE Founder and Chairman, theSOFTtribe, Ghana
Tickets can be booked online or by calling the events team on 0207 591 3100
Tags: Bob Geldof, Bridging the digital divide, Digital Technology in Africa, ForgetMeNot Africa
Kenya to launch countrywide internet awareness campaign
DESPITE the arrival and successful operation of a third undersea fibre optic cable, East Africa Submarine System (EASSy) the penetration of the internet in rural communities is still very low. (more…)
Tags: African mobile networks, African Telecoms, Bridging the digital divide, Kenyan internet
Digital revolution is a national right for all Africans
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
FMNA at Digital Africa Conference Uganda
The ForgetMeNot Africa team are in Kampala this morning looking forward to day one of the 8th Digital Africa Summit which will start this afternoon at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort & Speke Conference Centre. (more…)
Tags: 8 th Digital Africa Summit, Bridging the digital divide, eTXT, ForgetMeNot Africa
Nokia to enter mobile banking
Nokia has announced a move into financial services. The new direction for Nokia will see it working with mobile payment specialist Obopay, in which Nokia invested $70m in March this year. (more…)
Tags: Bridging the digital divide, Financial services, Mobile Money, Nokia
Low Cost Handsets
SMS Applications come into their own when the majority of subscribers don’t have smartphones.
Juniper Research believes that, in 2008, approximately 45% of mobile devices sold worldwide were socalled ‘entry-level’ handsets (which… Nokia defines as being handsets with a retail value less than $60). A small but growing proportion of this total is accounted for by ultra-low cost handsets, which retail for $15 or less.
Of the 700 million low-cost handsets expected to be sold in 2014, Juniper Research believes that the greatest proportion – around 24% – will be sold in Africa and the Middle East…
Tags: African mobile networks, Bridging the digital divide, digital divide debate, ForgetMeNot Africa, Handsets, Low cost handsets, Ultra low cost handsets
