Day 2 at Digital Africa has covered a variety of topics in sunny Kampala today. (more…)
Tags: 8 th Digital Africa Summit, chat to sms, digital, digital africa, digital divide debate, email to sms, internet penetration in Africa, SMS
Posts Tagged ‘digital divide debate’
SMS still the killer application in Africa
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
Internet brings educational change across Africa
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…)
Part 4: ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate
In Part 4 of the Digital Divide Debate series, Ajibola Olude from the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria shares his thoughts on the digital divide and what needs to be done to bridge this.
Filmed at West Africa Com, Abuja, Nigeria June 2009.
Tags: Ajibola Olude, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, digital divide debate, FMNA, ForgetMeNot Africa
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
Part 2: ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate
In our second video interview on the Digital Divide Debate, Dominic Edem from the Nigerian Communications Commission gives his thoughts as to what the main issues and barriers are.
Filmed at West Africa Com, Abuja, Nigeria June 2009.
Tags: digital divide debate, Dominic Edem, ForgetMeNot Africa, Nigerian Communications Commission, West Africa Com
Part 1: ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate
In part one of the Digital Divide Debate, Uwana Archibong, leading journalist from Business in Africa magazine gives her views on the main issues surrounding the digital divide in Africa.
Tags: Business in Africa magazine, digital divide debate, FMNA, ForgetMeNot Africa, Uwana Archibong
