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Researching Internet: Where to Start & New Ideas

Monday, March 29, 2010

This is an informative piece that I thought I could share with people interested in ICT4D and telecentres for that matter. It is a piece posted by Sienna Miller to the Youthink blog on the World Bank website. Sienna has been doing research on traditional telecenter sustainability. She makes some interesting observations. I have spent [...]

Kenya Digital Study

Monday, January 11, 2010

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The Kenya ICT Board and TNS Research International are conducting an online survey to understand Internet usage and potential among Kenyans. You can participate in this online study that will take you no more than 25 minutes. Your opinion and feedback will help in identifying existing gaps and potential with regard to Internet availability and [...]

African News on ICT and technology

Monday, October 19, 2009

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AFRICA: African universities to buy 60 GB bandwidth and set up continental network Almost unnoticed African universities have come together to sort out their bandwidth problems in the new era of fibre. In April 2010, European NREN Dante will start to implement with eastern Africa’s UbuntuNet Alliance, a continental network to link up African universities [...]

ICT news round up

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Africa: ICT is Transforming the Continent Says Kagame Despite being a ‘late-comer’ in embracing the use of Information Communication Technology, Africa has embraced ICT tools that have put the continent on the right development path. “Being late-comers in embracing, and indeed starting from a low base in creating information and communication technology sectors, ICT is [...]

Weekly ICT news summary

Friday, August 7, 2009

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Here is a summary of some of the hottest ICT news stories from East Africa and beyond. Kenya: Rural Folk to Miss Out On Cheap High Speed Internet Majority of Kenya’s Internet service providers have no capacity to supply downstream consumers with fibre optic bandwidth, leaving room for a few players, who may use the [...]

ChangeWaves partners with CPAU to conduct ICT training

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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ChangeWaves is partnering with the Common Wealth People’s Association of Uganda to conduct ICT training (Social Technopreneurship) for young people in Uganda. The training will be conducted in August. The course modules include Elementary Class: Basic Computing (MS Office & Internet) Intermediate Class:Web Designing, HTML (Namo, Macromedia, Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash and Photoshop) Advanced Class: Networking [...]