Posts Tagged ‘digital divide debate’

June 20th, 2011
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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.

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November 3rd, 2010
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Informa: “Digital divide represents major growth opportunity”

Connecting rural communities has become a major issue for the telecommunications industry in Africa, according to a recent survey conducted by Informa Telecoms & Media. (more…)

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June 21st, 2010
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Part 6: ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate – Senegal

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.

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April 30th, 2010
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A Ghanaian perspective on the digital divide debate

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.

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April 7th, 2010
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Part 5: ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate – Uganda

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.

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March 10th, 2010
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SMS still the killer application in Africa

Day 2 at Digital Africa has covered a variety of topics in sunny Kampala today. (more…)

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March 9th, 2010
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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…)

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August 17th, 2009
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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…)

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July 7th, 2009
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Part 4: ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate – Nigeria

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.

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July 6th, 2009
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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…

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