Infrastructure en continu
The Sleeping Giants Of African Mobile Payments
29/10/2012
TechCrunch - Kenya’s M-PESA is the poster child for mobile money services in Africa, but it is also increasingly gaining attention further abroad. It is, however, only one of the mobile payment systems on the continent that...
Catégories: TIC
Removing barriers to Nigeria’s ICT growth
25/10/2012
The Guardian (Nigeria) - At the just concluded International Telecommunications Union Telecoms World conference in Dubai, UAE, global leaders in ICT asked governments to soften on taxation , if growth must be evenly spread. ...
Catégories: TIC
Zambia to lift ban on new mobile phone firms
17/10/2012
Reuters - Zambia plans to lift a ban on the entry of new mobile phone companies to increase competition and improve cellular service, a minister said on Tuesday.
The southern African country of over 13 million people in 2009...
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Africa’s fastest-growing ICT nations
17/10/2012
BizTech Africa - New figures released by ITU show that information and communication technology (ICT) uptake continues to grow worldwide, spurred by a steady fall in the price of telephone and broadband Internet services.
The...
Catégories: TIC
Ethiopian Builder Sees Revenue Doubling on Infrastructure Spend
12/10/2012
Bloomberg Business Week - Sur Construction Plc, a construction company with ties to Ethiopia’s ruling party, expects to almost double revenue this year as the state boosts investment in infrastructure, General Manager Tadesse...
Catégories: Energie, Transport, TIC, Infrastructures générales
How corporates benefit from Africa's new business deals
12/10/2012
Africa Report - When African telecom companies started to emerge in the late 1990s, many scoffed. How could it be, went the general chatter, that Africans have money to spend on telecoms? Several multi-millionaires later, after...
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam to Build Undersea Cable to Uganda
08/10/2012
AllAfrica.com - Tanzania has entered into a contract with Uganda to build an alternative route for the undersea cable via Mutukula to overcome the inconveniences caused by businesses persistent internet cable breakdown.
The...
Catégories: TIC
Video: AIT Infotech Network - 1 Year of Communication Technology Ministry in Nigeria
08/10/2012
This episode brings the fall outs of ICT Outsourcing in Nigeria and the Advent of Communication Technology Ministry in Nigeria, the Journey so far and introspect into the future an exclusive interview with the Minister.AIT...
Catégories: TIC
Video: Ted Talk - 21st Century School-in-a-Box for the Developing World: Jim Teicher
08/10/2012
In this talk, Jim provides examples of how innovative technology can be used to transform education in communities that face significant barriers in access to technological resources and even electricity. Jim is cofounder and...
Namibia: Mobile Sector Still Under-Developed
03/10/2012
(AllAfrica.com/New Era) - Namibia is not far behind in catching up with mobile communication technologies since the first ever-mobile communication device was launched in 1996.
Even though there is still room for improvement,...
Catégories: TIC
The Emerging Phenomenon Of Community Knowledge Centers In Africa (includes video)
25/09/2012
Huffington Post: In today's world access to digital information is must be a basic human right and is a necessity for economic viability. Unfortunately, Africa is disadvantaged compared to other continents because of its lack ...
Catégories: TIC
Video: Nigeria - New Face of Online & Mobile Payments
21/09/2012
ABN Digital: Companies MMIT & Bango recently went into a partnership to change the face of online and mobile payment in Nigeria and Africa by introducing M-Content, to enable online and mobile payments for goods and...
Catégories: TIC
Video: South Africa - Digital terrestrial television
21/09/2012
Creamer Media's Engineering News: Creamer Media's Mariaan Webb speaks to Engineering News online writer Natasha Odendaal about South Africa's move from analogue broadcasting to digital terrestrial television.
Watch video...
Catégories: TIC
Vodacom to launch app development workshop
13/09/2012
IT News Africa: Vodacom is planning to launch South Africa’s first multiplatform mobile application development workshop aimed at strengthening the mobile app eco-system in South Africa. This workshop will be launched in ...
Catégories: TIC
Video: Reshaping South Africa's ICT Sector
13/09/2012
ABN digital: Reshaping South Africa's ICT sector is a key priority especially within the broader infrastructure roll out planned by the government, which is the bedrock of its economic strategy to fast track growth. The sector...
Catégories: TIC
Infrastructure: Regulators need more teeth, says study
10/09/2012
Business Day Live (South Africa): INDEPENDENT regulators of economic infrastructure should be able to penalise anticompetitive behaviour by firms and state-owned enterprises, many of which are monopolies, the Development Bank...
Catégories: Infrastructures générales, Transport, TIC
Congo: après la première tablette tactile africaine, le premier smartphone made in Africa
10/09/2012
Jeune Afrique (AFP) : Après avoir lancé la première tablette tactile africaine fin janvier, le Congolais Vérone Mankou, 27 ans, a lancé jeudi à Brazzaville le premier smartphone made in Africa, en promettant un tarif...
Catégories: TIC
Vodacom rolls out green base stations in Western Cape, South Africa
04/09/2012
Engineering News
Telecommunications group Vodacom has installed two hybrid base stations in the Vleiland Valley farming community in the Western Cape.
The community, which is situated between two mountains and previously ...
L'UE octroie plus de 39 millions USD aux infrastructures de transport du Kenya
14/08/2012
L'Union européenne a octroyé un financement de 31,95 millions d'euros (39,8 millions USD) au Kenya afin d'améliorer les infrastructures de transport du pays, a annoncé la Commission...
Rwanda to acquire global broadband infrastructure
06/08/2012
Rwanda will be one of six African nations to benefit from new wireless broadband base stations, according to The New Times. The equipment will be provided by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Nexpedience, one...
Catégories: TIC