Full coverage: Africa

26.09.2007 Nine African countries have won the first ever awards given for promoting the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by governments in fulfilling their public service delivery functions, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has announced.

21.09.2007 Mainstreet Technologies threw its hat in the ring this week to be the first to complete an African west coast fibre project to compete with SAT3. The cable will connect 12 countries, some already connected to SAT3, others not. Russell Southwood spoke to the project’s CEO Funke Opeke and discovered how it intends to win the race to complete.

11.09.2007 Kongon demokraattisessa tasavallassa suunnitellaan parhaillaan maanlaajuisen internetverkon rakentamista. Urakka on vasta alkutekijöissään, ja siinä on haasteensa: verkon pitäisi kattaa lähes 5 500 kilometeriä, ja se maksaisi yli 200 miljoonaa dollaria.

11.09.2007 African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) may be spoiling for war with the global software giant, Microsoft Corporation, over its bid to have its DIS 29500 'Office Open Extensible Markup Language (OOXML)' endorsed by the International Standard Organisation (ISO).

03.09.2007 A partnership between MTN Business and State Information Technology Agency of South Africa will offer secure mobile and network solutions to government departments. One of the foremost challenges facing government has been to increase the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into the country’s rapidly expanding economy.