Full coverage: Africa

27.01.2006 Mr Jim Ovia, the newly appointed chairman of the National Information Technology Advisory Committee (NITAC) , has identified ICT as the “cement” that holds the future of mankind together. He vowed to ensure the development of ICT in Nigeria.

27.01.2006 Mr. Kan-Dapaah Minister of Communications of Ghana announced that Ghana's telecommunication sector has witnessed a dramatic improvement in telecommunications infrastructure in the year 2005 in response to the innovative policies and growing confidence in the management of the sector. Ghana's tele-density now stands at fifteen per cent.

24.01.2006 From the expanding reach of broadband to city-wide Wi-Fi networks and the use of internet telephones, trends are developing in Southern and Central Africa and beginning to spread across the continent, says a new report from the London-based Internet company Balancing Act.

21.01.2006 Recycle your cell phone, save the gorillas. It may not be as simple as that, but a recycling program to collect old cell phones at the San Diego Zoo and other American zoos is highlighting the little-known connection between cell phone use and the survival of African gorillas.

17.01.2006 The Government wants views on whether media ownership should be controlled.

17.01.2006 Kenya plans to position itself as one of the world's leading outsourcing hubs for companies in North America and Europe looking to cut costs in their business processes.

17.01.2006 The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) is pleased to announce the first ever South African NGO Web Awards.

13.01.2006 The Herald Journal on Friday,January 06, 2006 carried an article titled "Bridging a medical gap". The article is about how Dr. Eddie Loo, an instructional designer and distance education professor from Utah State University (USU) is helping to bridge the knowledge gap that exists in the African country of Rwanda. Dr. Eddie Loo is the recipient of the 2005 Innovative Practices Award.

13.01.2006 Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met in the Nigerien capital of Niameyon Thursday to discuss development and security in the region.

13.01.2006 Talk about a “win-win” situation: a small telecom company seizes on an opportunity to step into a perfect business void, developing a broadband network where none exists, and where customer demand is on the rise. Meanwhile, a nation with just one landline for every 250 people gets expanded access to inexpensive, reliable communication.

12.01.2006 The Digital Education Enhancement Project (DEEP) is exploring how information and communications technologies (ICTs) can improve the quality of teacher education and learning. Research looks at primary schools in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province and in Cairo, Egypt.

10.01.2006 A squabble over who controls the internet had threatened to overshadow the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia. But a “compromise” deal was reached just before the meeting opened, under which America will retain its hegemony for the time being. This leaves delegates free to discuss bridging the digital divide between rich and poor countries.

10.01.2006 Community radio stations have made a difference in the lives of rural Mozambicans by expanding access to information and communicating health and life skills messages. But, given their relience on donor funding, some analysts question whether they are a sustainable development tool.

09.01.2006 The International Federation of Journalists today protested to the Tunisian government over the banning of the Federation?s web site. In recent weeks, following the World Summit on the Information Society in November when the IFJ sharply criticised restrictions on Internet use and harassment of human rights activists, the IFJ web site has been unobtainable.

09.01.2006 The Addis Ababa University Signed On Saturday Agreements With Two Business Consortiums for the Third Phase Aau Net expansion.

05.01.2006 Diverse electronic governance models bring more number of people into governance sphere and thereby increase the "public value" of information being supplied to the agrarian community.

05.01.2006 The World Bank Institute (WBI) has launched an innovative program, “Africa Good Governance Program on the Radio Waves,” to support local government capacity building and community empowerment via radio.

05.01.2006 The strategic development of government strategies, human society, interaction with public sectors and improvement of competitive research are among policies to be employed by African countries to achieve giant stride in science and technology.

05.01.2006 Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd (TTCL) and Zanzibar Telecommunications Ltd (Zantel) will soon start using the Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, which is superior to the global system for mobile communications (GSM).

05.01.2006 The 10th edition of the South African Health Review, has the major theme of Human Resources for Health (HRH). This report consists of 17 chapters focusing on various related issues. One of the chapters highlights the siginificance and importance of Information for Human Resource Management (HRM).