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
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
Thanks for your kind support to date in helping support the great work that St Matthew’s Children’s Fund (SMCF) Ethiopia are doing.
Having recently completed the Run to The Beat Half marathon we have already raised £1160 in aid of SMCF and Andrew one of the FMNA team will be running the Dublin Marathon on the 26th October 2009 for this great cause. (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
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
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
