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19.08.2004 Lack of supportive communication infrastructure could be a major deterrant for any e-commerce initiative, opined experts in a workshop here in Lagos, the Nigerian capital.

18.08.2004 An international media watchdog has condemned efforts by the Maldives government to combat political dissidence by cutting off the south Asian nation's Internet links last week -- the latest in a series of measures to block freedom of information on the island.

18.08.2004 Both the civil society and private sector in Kenya have raised concern at their exclusion from consultations on the drafting of the country's ICT policy. The draft policy is said to have left out several critical ICT issues.

17.08.2004 An NGO in Philippines is developing an e-learning course that it hopes will train more than 70,000 school dropouts by 2005. With second-hand PCs from the US and Germany, the group will hand out diplomas that will help learners move on to colleges and vocational courses.

17.08.2004 A survey has indicated that South Africa’s previously disadvantaged people, many of them women, have benefited the most from its fast growing call-centre industry. Almost two-thirds of positions in 14 call centres of Western Cape are being held by these communities, with many even occupying managerial roles.

17.08.2004 India's space research agency is open to running a manned space mission if there is a consensus on its need. The chairperson of Indian Space Research Organisation has said that technologies are being identified for the mission that may take seven to eight years to build.

17.08.2004 The European Commission has warned that electronic waste is growing three times faster than municipal garbage and asked member states to put in place strict recycling practices. The Commission has observed that Greece is the only member to enforce its directives on e-waste.