Despite the fibre optic cables, affordable Internet is still a long way.
Over 1,200 personal computers have been successfully distributed to beneficiaries in Bauchi State by the Professor Iya Abubakar Community Resource Centre, in partnership with a United Kingdom-based non profit organisation known as Computer Aid International (CAI).
The Nigerian Society of Engineers has noted with displeasure, the deplorable condition of roads in the country, calling on the governments to speed up road construction and rehabilitation across the nation.
THE Chief of Ovitoto has made an official appeal to the Minister of Works and Transport, Helmut Angula, to give some attention to the 'dangerous' 45km main road between Okahandja and Ovitoto.
Residents of Pegi village in the Federal Capital Territory at the weekend appealed to the FCT Administration to rehabilitate the community's road in order to make it motorable.
MORE than 50 percent of medical institutions countrywide are not registered with the health professionals' body, compromising the delivery of quality services, a senior health professional has said.
THE CONSTRUCTION of the Sofoline Interchange and the additional 10.3km dual carriage from Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital roundabout to Abuakwa is not likely to be completed by next year as scheduled, authorities working on the projects have disclosed.
THE Danish government has given Uganda a sh167b grant for agriculture and road infrastructure development over a three-year period.
Developing countries will receive easier access to clean and renewable energy technology such as solar and LED lights, as well as financing and improved information sharing, through a five-year, $350 million plan announced by the Obama administration December 14.
Zain Ghana, one of Ghana's telecom giants, has collaborated with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Department of Child Health at the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs, to refurbish the newly-established Child Protection Unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, to treat the ever-growing child abuse cases in the country, and the West African sub-region.
For the first time in decades, Kenyans are witnessing massive public investment on electricity, telecoms, water and road infrastructure.
Mumias Sugar Company plans to go regional and has already identified factories to acquire in Uganda and Tanzania.
A massive $190 million will be spent improving the state of Uganda's roads after the World Bank and the British government approved a new programme of works as part of their support for the government's Transport Development Project.
As part of efforts to rehabilitate roads in Nigeria, the federal government has signed contracts worth N70.9 billion for the strengthening and repairs of 20 major highways across the six geo-political zones.
Telkom Kenya's mobile service, Orange subscribers can now call and receive calls while outside Kenya following the activation of its roaming services in 200 destinations giving its subscribers ability to use their lines across the borders.
An anticipated upsurge in Internet users in Africa and more specifically the East African region is drawing the attention of cyber security firms.
Mystery surrounds the status of a firm granted a contract to construct $3.5 billion refinery plant on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam in 2005.
A number of water projects implemented through substantial expenditure in different parts of the country by the government are playing important role in alleviating potable water shortage problems, according to Mr. Mebrahtu Eyasu, Director General of water resource department in the Ministry of Land, Water and Environment.
The mobile telephony market continues to grow albeit at a slower pace due to the global economic recession.
Ministers of Infrastructure from Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda concluded a meeting this week in Kigali, in which they agreed to establish a roadmap that puts in place the legal and regulatory framework to govern this project.
Burundi mobile operator Econet Wireless now targets to increase its clientele from the current 80,000 to 800,000 following the launching of the a new rechargeable solar handset.
Telkom Kenya has announced the activation of an instant roaming service that will enable Orange mobile subscribers communicate worldwide.
Robert Sussman, founder and joint CEO of the Integr8 Group, has been awarded overall individual winner of the African ICT Achiever Awards 2009. The program featured established and recognised service providers within the ICT market, including Accenture, Dimension Data, FNB, IBM and MTN.
By mid-2012, Kigali is set to have a new world-class hotel located on the grounds of the former Jali Club.
In a bid to woo the business world with its services, telecommunications company Tigo Rwanda on Friday held a corporate party to mark its official entry into the local market.
