September 30, 2013
Africa: Growing Potential of Digital Jobs for African Youths
The phrases "impact sourcing" and "business process outsourcing"- or BPO - are just jargon to most people. But they describe a model of doing business that advocates say could… Read more »
September 17, 2013
Kenya: Youths See Opportunity in Digital Outsourcing
When David Otieno graduated from the Kenya Institute of Management five years ago he joined the estimated 50,000 other new graduates searching for employment. But luck was never on… Read more »
July 12, 2013
Ghana: Inspiring Rural Communities Through Technology
In Ghana most girls are expected to go to a decent school, find a well-paying job, then seek out a husband - not many women pursue careers in male-dominated fields like computer… Read more »
May 31, 2013
Nigeria: Lowering Pesticide Exposure Risk With Mobile Phones
John Gushit from the University of Jos' department of science in Nigeria nearly lost his eye when herbicide in a syringe he'd been working with splashed into it. "Only speed saved… Read more »
Africa: Literacy and Losing Vowels
How will mobile devices enhance literacy in Africa? The answer, according to Donald Clark - outspoken Scottish entrepreneur and blogger - who takes us a step back. Read more »
May 30, 2013
Africa: Learning Works Better When It's Done Together
Making a video is a learning experience, and it doesn't have to end up online. If you leave a group of children alone with a device that's connected to the Internet, they can teach… Read more »
May 14, 2013
Africa: Boosting Youth Employment Through Digital Jobs
The announcement by the Rockefeller Foundation of an initiative to create jobs in Africa focusing on the digital field has been lauded as an important strategy by Jack Leslie,… Read more »
December 21, 2012
Uganda: Top Google Searches Reveal Tech Focus
Apple and Samsung gadgets have been the talk of the year 2012 and it wasn't a surprise when Google released their Year-End Zeitgeist and found the two company products amongst the… Read more »
South Africa: Free Ads and Semenya Top Google Searches
Free classified advertisement is what South Africans were interested in this year, if Google's Zeitgeist list is anything to go by - as OLX topped the most-searched category. South… Read more »
Senegal: President Sall Tops Country's Search Terms
Macky Sall won the presidency of Senegal in April 2012, after a tumulutous time in country, when Abdoulaye Wade official approval to run for a controversial third and last term was… Read more »
April 05, 2012
Africa: Empowering Through Employment
In three years, Samasource has paid more than U.S.$1.5 million in real wages to over 2,000 trained workers in places where most people survive on less than $3 a day. The social… Read more »
March 30, 2012
Africa: International Radio Astronomy Project to Benefit Africa
Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio astronomy project could be a powerful driver for socio-economic development, South Africa's Minister for Science and… Read more »
March 29, 2012
South Africa: Govt Confident of Hosting Massive Telescope
Africa is ready to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), according to South African Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor. Read more »
January 13, 2012
Africa: Communications Boost for Non-Profits
The Internet is changing, and the greatest impact may be felt in Africa. With the exploding use of the web globally and the planned 2012 expansion of the top-level domain name… Read more »
December 14, 2011
Africa: Using ICT Solutions to Reduce Global Business Emissions
The ICT industry, which contributes only two percent to global CO2 emissions, insists that ICT expansion is critical in achieving a low-carbon economy. Read more »
October 15, 2011
Kenya: Social Media Leapfrogs Drought-Hit Nation into a New Generational Order
Defying elders who flatly reject western culture, youth in northeastern Kenya are resisting efforts by spiritual leaders to ban social media. Read more »
September 07, 2011
Africa: Surfing the Radio Waves for Sustainable Agriculture
While the use of mobile phones is rapidly surging across Africa, access gaps persist between urban and rural users. But a new generation of social entrepreneurs is remedying this… Read more »
July 14, 2011
Zambia: Climate Information Alerts Boost Poor Farmers
A herder shepherding his animals in Zambia's Eastern Province winds up a solar-powered radio and crouches down to listen to a local FM station. The news broadcast includes a… Read more »
June 14, 2011
Africa: Is Your Cellphone Bad for Your Health?
A recent international conference focused on the use of cellphones to aid health care, made me think about my own health and my own phone. Read more »
June 13, 2011
Africa: Mobile Phones Improve Health Across Continent
Peter Benjamin is the general manager of Cell-Life, a South African non-profit organisation that uses cellphones to assist with healthcare in the HIV/Aids sector. Cell-Life is… Read more »
June 09, 2011
Africa: Call to Assess Role of Mobile Technology in Health
With more than 70 percent of the world’s five billion cellphone users living in low- and middle-income countries, mobile technology is seen as offering the potential to… Read more »
June 05, 2011
Africa: Exploring Mobile Communications for Healthcare
An inaugural summit on the use of mobile communications to support healthcare opens in Cape Town on Monday. Read more »
May 13, 2011
Africa: Mobile Phones, Radio Promote Rights, Says Amnesty International
Much needs to be done to secure human rights in Africa, but "the tide is turning" and mobile phones and FM radio have arguably done more than most other conventional methods to… Read more »
March 08, 2011
Liberia: Technology Eyed to Improve Lives of Women
In the densely populated community of Paynesville on the outskirts of Liberia's capital, scores of women are doing hard labor. Read more »
February 21, 2011
Libya: Citizen Journalism Leads Way in Covering Escalating Conflict
As international media struggle to cover a story to which they don't have access, Libyans both inside and outside the country are using social media to plead for more visibility.… Read more »