Full coverage: East Africa

30.08.2005 Five years ago the idea of digital television in Africa would have seemed absurd. Now two countries have announced their intention to offer digital television. Senegal seems to have been first into the game, launching a pilot at the end of last year with 200 trial subscribers.

29.08.2005 The Seychelles President, Mr James Alix Michel, made an announcement at a recent public consultative meeting for an overall development.

26.08.2005 On 22 August 2005, a dual ceremony was held at Rimbaud’s House in the historic Ethiopian city of Harar to mark the inauguration of a UNESCO sponsored community telecentre and to present certificates to the first batch of graduates from the telecentre’s basic ICT course.

22.08.2005 Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has launched a new and more efficient billing system branded e-Bill, which will allow customers to access information on their account electronically.

17.08.2005 Millions living in marginal, difficult areas of Africa’s Sahel depend upon millet and sorghum as their staple diet and as feed and fodder for their livestock.

16.08.2005 Makerere University, Uganda is to start its first ever e-learning programme in an effort to promote information and communication technology (ICT) among the students and reduce congestion in the lecture rooms of the university.

12.08.2005 All land records of Kenya will be computerised soon.To begin with, information from three million land rent payment cards will be captured in a computer by December2005.

11.08.2005 OneWorld Africa (OWA) is working with Chipata District Women’s Development Association (DWDA) on a Chipata Women’s Mobile Communication Project, which aims to improve the communication of developmental information from the district to the area associations and to further connect the district office to several information sources.

10.08.2005 A CD-ROM on malaria prevention has won the first prize for production of digital content awarded by a national jury under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology in Mozambique.

03.08.2005 If Ethiopia is to develop, it must make room for the independent voices of the press and media, argues crusading Ethiopian journalist Amare Aregawi.

01.08.2005 A new experiment is being introduced in the primary scools of Kenya, where students from standard 5 will be taught to use technology to deliver education across the continent.

01.08.2005 Sobha Renaissance Information Technology (SRIT) has won a US$25 million Somalian e-governance contract for the installation of 'ePassport' and 'eAuthentication' systems.