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.
Close to 10,000 vehicles use Gaborone-Boatle road on a daily basis, the Minister of Transport and Communications, Frank Ramsden, said in response to a question by the Member for Ramotswa, Odirile Motlhale, in Parliament this week.
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.
Shadrack Nyeku should have been the one who wrote the memoirs The Monarch Of All I Survey; not the colonial egotist, Charles Rey, who took pleasure in denigrating all who crossed his path, including fellow colonial administrators.
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.
SOWETO was mere fantasy to me.
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.
Liberia's foremost anti-impunity campaign group, The Movement Forum for the Establishment of a war Crimes Court in Liberia, the anti-war advocacy wing of the Progressive Action for Change, has strongly condemn recent attacks on the populated residence of 'People's building' where state security under the command of Madam Mary Broh burglarized private homes under the guise of launching a clean-up ...
At least, three choice properties believed to have been acquired by the immediate past governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa,with alleged stolen public funds, have been traced by the Economic and other Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).
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.
The governments of Rwanda and the Netherlands have signed a Frw 4.2 billion agreement concerning three different development projects.
Meru District Council in Arusha region has earmarked Tsh.307 million over the fiscal year 2009/2010 to improve roads infrastructure in the district.
KenGen says it will turn to technology in its annual general meetings to cut costs on printing and postage.
Inadequate rains have forced the energy ministry to extend contracts for diesel powered emergency electricity generator Aggreko for three more months, dampening earlier hopes that electricity bills would ease at the end of this year.
One night in the House of Commons, Winston Churchill, after imbibing a few drinks, stumbled into Bessie Braddock, a corpulent MP from Liverpool.
IN an effort to improve the quality for locally made furniture, the Jacksi's Group of companies has said that it was negotiating with local furniture manufacturers on ways to improve their furniture in order to compete for the East African Common Market.
Thieves have also targeted Cape Town Stadium. Although the city's 2010 spokesman Pieter Cronje downplayed the situation there, "kilometres of cabling", copper wire and a ton of bolts have disappeared from the site. Most of the thefts are believed to be inside jobs.
Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has warned Catholic faithful to be careful in believing news received through the internet, saying that crooks have invaded the internet, using the name of Catholic authorities.
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