Full coverage: Africa

30.03.2006 African Education Ministers have pledged their support for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), formally launched, at the on-going Biennial meeting of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) in Libreville, Gabon.

29.03.2006 An Israeli company is using the latest water-saving technology to grow fruit and vegetables in Angola, which imports much of its food after 27 years of civil war.

28.03.2006 Good communication is vital to small farmers who need better access to markets and to reliable information about prices, product quality and market conditions. Can new information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet, help? The First Mile is a two-year pilot project supported by the Government of Switzerland.

24.03.2006 The use of e-commerce by businesses in developing countries is related to the potential benefits of participating in international value chains, increasing market access and reach, improving internal and market efficiency, and lowering transaction costs.

23.03.2006 Blantyre (AND) Over 70 percent of government ministries and departments in Malawi will be electronically connected as one way promoting efficient communication among civil servants in the delivery of service to the public.

23.03.2006 In the ICT arena women they still remain inside that outer circle of ICT users where a male-dominated society assigns specific limits beyond which women are not able to tread. Women, like other subordinate groups in the society are thought to be “muted”.

21.03.2006 Farmer-based organisations (FBOs) in the country are to benefit from a series of workshops to educate them on the use of cellular phones to access market information.

20.03.2006 Some 4,2 million Moroccans, which constitute 14.2% of the population, were poor in 2004, said the report on “Poverty, Human Development and Social Development in Morocco”, submitted this week by the High Commissioner for Planning, Ahmed Lahlimi.

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08.03.2006 On 8 February 2006, the deadly strain of H5NI Avian Flu was officially confirmed on a commercial farm in Nigeria where 40,000 infected chickens died from the virus.

01.03.2006 The New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) has confirmed that plans are in top gear to set up a NEPAD Infrastructure Facilitation Fund (NIFF) as part of efforts towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)and implementing the G8 recommendations,

01.03.2006 The Maluti Community Digital Hub, comprising a telecentre, teleconferencing and refurbishment centre, was opened in the Free State on Monday, bringing information and communication technology to the rural Maluti community for the first time.

01.03.2006 Thirty rural villages in the Far Northern part of the Limpopo will now be able to access government services following the official opening of the R5 million Makuya Multi-Purpose Centre on Saturday.