Most Active Stories: ICT

  1. Africa: FCT to Host Youth Multimedia Conference

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration will host the 1st African Children and Youth Multimedia Conference as part of efforts to improve the participation of children in multimedia activities in Nigeria.

  2. Africa: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning

    The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information.

  3. Kenya: Yu Unveils New Tariff

    Mobile phone service subscribers on the yu network can now call at a flat rate of Sh6 under a new a tariff.

  4. Africa: Taking Phone Calls From a Treetop

    Recently there was a tale of a palm wine tapper in Pendembu locality in Sierra Leone, who in the course of his daily activities, inadvertently climbed a palm wine tree only for his mobile phone to begin to ring.

  5. Kenya: Report Rates Mobile Phone Services

    The verdict is out: Safaricom has the best coverage but lowest quality network, while Zain has the best overall performance on the key performance indicators set out by the Communication Commission of Kenya.

  6. Rwanda: Tigo's Entry Marks a Milestone in Telecoms Sector

    Hardly a year since Tigo Rwanda was issued a licence to run as a third mobile operator, the telecom company has announced that it's launching its services to the Rwandan people on Monday next week.

  7. Kenya: New Initiative Seeks to Widen Internet Usage by Kenyans

    Kenya is among the first beneficiaries of a project to increase internet usage courtesy of the World Wide Web investor Sir Tim Berners Lee.

  8. Ghana: Experts Fight Against Monopoly of Fiber Optic

    Experts in the telecommunication industry in the West African Sub-region have called for policy implementation to regulate and also break the monopoly of cyber optic cables in the hands of few players, whiles intensifying the penetration of broadband access to the sub-region.

  9. Ghana: Ilgs Microsoft It Academy Ready for Take Off

    Eight trainees have successfully passed out of the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) Microsoft IT Academy with certificates in Digital Literacy after undergoing a five-day programme from November 9-13.

  10. South Africa: Broadband Below Standards, Says Minister

    South Africa's internet broadband penetration is at 2 percent below the global average of 22.5 percent, Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda said on Thursday.

  11. Uganda: Orange Wins

    Orange Uganda was awarded best exhibitor in the ICT and Internet Sector at the 17th Uganda International Trade Fair organised by the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA).

  12. Gambia: GPU Trains Journalists On Secure Online Communication

    A four-day training for 15 journalists; including editors and reporters drawn from different media institutions in the country will end today at the Gambia Press UnionÂ's head office in Bakau.

  13. Uganda: Web Founder Berners-Lee Visits Uganda

    TIM Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web and founder of the Web Foundation, visits Uganda next week.

  14. Uganda: Warid, Essar Deal Brings in Sh93 Billion

    WARID will use the money acquired from the partnership with the Middle East-based telecom firm, Essar Group, for expansion, a top official has said.

  15. Uganda: Smiles Communication Launches Today

    THE seventh mobile operator in Uganda, Smiles Communication, starts operations today, using the 02 code.


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