Full coverage: Africa

29.01.2008 A World Bank report has applauded Uganda for embracing new technologies in her development process. The report 'Global Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing World' examines the state of technology in developing countries and the pace with which it has advanced since the early 1990s.

23.01.2008 Afrikan matkapuhelinverkko kuhisee uutta kilpailua, kun kaksi operaattoritulokasta kokeilee onneaan laajan mantereen nousevilla markkinoilla. Kummankin takana on öljyllä ansaittua rahaa, ja kumpikin aikoo aluksi keskittyä syrjäisten ja pienten maiden markkinoihin. Lupaukset ovat kuitenkin suuret: kuluttajahinnat alas, palvelutaso ylös.

21.01.2008 One of the main problems facing government and its partners today is that they are often running blind: many of today’s computer systems are discrete islands of information that exist in isolation and do not communicate with each other.

11.01.2008 The United Nations Secretary-General emphasised the role of international community in overcoming the digital divide at a recent UNGAID meeting at Nevada. The need is to reverse the lack of access to information and communication technology (ICT) that separates poor communities from affluent ones in developing nations.

11.01.2008 The Awards were organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD).

Aida Opoku-Mensah, Director of the ICT, Science and Technology Division of UNECA, who said that the AISI Media Awards were introduced in 2003 to encourage more informed coverage of the information society and ICT for development issues in Africa as part of UNECA's Information Society Outreach and Communication Programme, announced the winners of the eight award categories.

11.01.2008 All Rwandans at the cell level could have access to ICT facilities by the end of next year if plans presented by district mayors yesterday are implemented. A cell is the second lowest administrative level.

09.01.2008 Mobile SMS messages are Africa’s coming media. The Ethiopian Government banned them because they were used to organise opposition protests but found it impossible to let them stay banned.

08.01.2008 YK:n Afrikan-talouskomissio ja Kanadan hallitus palkitsivat äskettäin 12 afrikkalaista hanketta, joissa informaatioteknologiaa sovelletaan julkisessa hallinnossa. Tunnustusta sai esimerkiksi Angolan hallituksen aloite koota kaikki julkisen hallinnon tiedot ja palvelut yhteen internetpalveluun.