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Facebook has finally launched Facebook Zero in 10 African countries (and 45 countries globally), and I say this is reason to celebrate! While Kevin Donovan worries about the impact of Facebook’s lack of privacy concerns...

http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/114/article_82166.asp

Avec les douanes, les frais de port, les taxes inattendues, l’expédition du matériel informatique aux déstinations africaines peut ressembler à une vraie expédition d’aventure pour les entrepreneurs TIC africains....

Quand on parle de la promotion des TIC dans les milieux ruraux en Afrique, en quelle langue faut-il parler ? Il y a des centaines de langues en Afrique, représentant une vraie richesse culturelle, mais quelles sont les considérations...

When Russel Southwood of Balancing Act, interviewed Ken Njoroge, CEO of Cellulant, on mobile phone music downloads, I was expecting a general overview of the musical tastes of Kenyans. How wrong was I! In his telling interview,...

All across Nepal, and especially in Kathmandu, there is daily electrical system “load shedding” – which is a polite way of describing 10-14 hour blackouts across the city. During the dry season, when there...

Recently, we caught up with Josef Scarantino who has just launched African Tech Network to strengthen African technologist in 3 primary ways: To connect technologist to economic opportunity To build a network of technologists...

When last did you visit a cyber cafe? Eight years ago, my answer would have been “right now”. I would have been writing/reading this on a computer in a cyber cafe. Right now however, I am lying somewhere comfortable in...

An interesting conversation sparked by a blog post on the Ushahdi blog is the main reason for this post. The post by Erik Hersman raises issues about open source software and tools created in Africa and ICT for Development...