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AllAfrica News: ICT and Telecom
  • Uganda: Indian Firm Plans Telecoms Takeover This Month
    Kuwaiti-based Zain, which was last year a headlines maker after its July announcement that it was looking at its options in Africa including a possible sale of its networks, is back in the news.

  • West Africa: ICT Unavoidable in West Africa's Development - Ecowas Parliament
    As the world continues to develop at a faster pace in the 21st century, access information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) has become a critical tool in human advancement. Knowing this potential very well, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament said the use of ICT is unavoidable in the developmental agenda of the West African sub-region, especially, in the area of education.

  • Rwanda: SIMTEL's News ATM Deal is a Blessing to Bankers
    For a long time there has been a public outcry on the number of days it takes, for one to acquire an ATM card. Those who are tired of queuing in banks for a long period of time have always demanded for better and innovative ways of easing the banking processes.

  • South Africa: Telkom Hires Guards to Protect Cables
    Telkom has resorted to deploying armed guards to hide in bushes overnight to try to stop gangs from stripping phone lines in the Western Cape.

  • Ghana: Education Minister - 'One Laptop Per Child' is Good But...
    The Education Minister, Mr. Alex Tetteh Enyo has said the one laptop per child (OLPC) concept is a good one, but issues of sustainability and security needs to be properly addressed before the programme can be continued.