Posts Tagged ‘West Africa Com’

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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Part 7: ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate – Cost is Major Barrier in Senegal

In Part 7 of the ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate series, Fatou Dioup from Dakar Senegal shares her thoughts on the Digital Divide in Africa.

She explains that price is the single biggest issue causing a Digital Divide for people in Senegal.

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ForgetMeNot Africa in Dakar for West Africa Com

The ForgetMeNot Africa team are getting ready for the start of West Africa Com 2010 in Dakar which starts tomorrow. (more…)

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Part 2: ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate – Nigeria

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.

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Day 2: West Africa Com, Abuja, Nigeria

Our second day at WAC was again very busy.

Our 2 – way email and IM to SMS technology, Message Optimiser (MO) received a great reception from the West African telecom operators. (more…)

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Day 1: West Africa Com, Abuja, Nigeria

Day one has just ended at West Africa Com 2009 and has been busy at the FMNA stand.

The conference covered many important issues today including the challenges for rural areas in bridging the digital divide in Africa and how these communities can access improved telecoms services. (more…)

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