July 23, 2008
Africa: Internet Technology Can Boost Healthcare
AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana, based in Monrovia, is one of a few media professionals brought to Bellagio, Italy by the Rockefeller Foundation to attend an invitation-only… Read more »
Africa: eHealth - Boosting Healthcare Via the Internet
From Bellagio, Italy, AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana blogs on a Rockefeller Foundation conference on how to use information technology to improve access to health care. Read more »
June 15, 2008
Africa: Running Where Others Walked
“We must run while they walk!” This was the rallying cry first evoked by Julius Nyerere of Tanzania decades ago. It captured both the euphoria and ambition of a newly… Read more »
February 09, 2007
South Africa: From Potable Water to the Internet - Challenges for Mbeki
President Mbeki addressed a wide range of issues in his annual address on the state of South Africa, ranging from the supply of drinking water and sewage systems to the development… Read more »
December 21, 2006
Africa: Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference (TED) to Convene in East Africa
In the shadow of one of the world's most iconic mountains, several hundred people will gather in Tanzania this June in a global version of the annual gathering in Monterey,… Read more »
August 15, 2005
Africa: Nepad Honors AllAfrica with 'African Developer Award'
The Africa Centre for Investment Analysis has presented AllAfrica Global Media with an 'Africa Economic Developer Award' on behalf of the New Partnership for Africa's Development… Read more »
February 11, 2005
South Africa: Mbeki Criticizes Debilitating Costs of Telecommunications
Hopes for cheaper telecommunications for South Africa have been raised by President Thabo Mbeki, who declared in his State of the Nation address that it was unacceptable that… Read more »
June 08, 2004
Africa: Spotlight on Secondary Education in Africa
"Secondary Education in Africa: Lifeline to the Future" is the theme of the second conference with a sharp focus on secondary education in Africa (SEIA) currently being held in… Read more »
January 12, 2004
Mauritius: Country Seeks to Become a Global Cyber Island Paradise
First came California's Silicon Valley, then India took the honours. Next, if all goes according to plan, the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius hopes to lead the way in Africa,… Read more »
October 27, 2003
Cote d'Ivoire: Seizure of U.S-Owned Ivorian Cell Phone Firm Ruptures Ties
The American owners of a cellular telephone operator in Côte d'Ivoire that was shut down earlier this month are preparing a claim for damages. They charge the Ivorian government… Read more »
November 15, 2002
South Africa: Technology Skills Can Expand Horizons
"The employment that I was doing before never really touched my heart the way this computer stuff touched my heart. For me, coming here is really manna from heaven." Read more »
February 01, 2002
Africa: Xymbol Announces 1.0 Release of XML::Comma Platform
Washington, DC -- Xymbol, a leading provider of internet application development services created by AllAfrica Global Media, today announced the 1.0 release of its flagship… Read more »
August 07, 2001
Nigeria: Finally, GSM Takes Off Amid Complaints Over Tariff
After several months of speculation, the General System of Mobile telephones (GSM) service has finally taken off in Nigeria, with one of the three licensed providers, Econet… Read more »
July 18, 2001
Africa: "Digital Divide" Widest In Africa But Focus On "Digital Development," Conference Urged
The African continent - home to one in eight of the world's people - has just one in 50 of the world's fixed line subscribers, one in 60 of the world's mobile cellular subscribers,… Read more »
July 17, 2001
Africa: Finding An African Shape For Technology
Ministers of Communications from across Africa as well as directors of telecommunications companies from around the world are meeting in AFCOM 2001, the 10th telecommunications and… Read more »
July 04, 2001
Senegal: 'This Is My Whole Life'- A Scientist's Dedication To Defeating AIDS
Senegal's low HIV infection rate is the envy of other African nations and has been attributed to excellent and early planning as far back as the early 1980s. One thing that has… Read more »
July 03, 2001
Nigeria: Agip Seeks To Pre-Qualify Contractors For Thermal Plant Project
The Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited says it is ready to pre-qualify contractors for the development of its 500-Mega Watt thermal plant, according to an announcement placed by the… Read more »
June 21, 2001
Southern Africa: Spectacular View in a Cloudless Sky
"There hasn't been a single cloud in the sky all day," said Professor Jay Pasachoff of Williams College in the United States and leader of an international team of scientists who… Read more »
June 14, 2001
Africa: Eclipse Diary
AllAfrica is following the work of an international group of scientists visiting Zambia. Led by a team of astrophysicists from Williams College in the United States, the group will… Read more »
June 13, 2001
Nigeria: Ministers and Chief Economic Adviser to Obasanjo 'Resign'
President Olusegun Obasanjo seems to have heeded the calls from many quarters in Nigeria, for a change in his economic management team, with the 'resignation' Tuesday of his Chief… Read more »
June 11, 2001
Southern Africa: Eclipse Diary
This is the first of a series of diary entires from members of an observation team for the solar eclipse on June 21, 2001. Read more »
February 23, 2001
Nigeria: Licence Row Tarnishes Success of GSM Auction
For Mike Adenuga, the successful conclusion of bidding for GSM licences January 19,2001, was the "most transparent they have done in Nigeria. I doff my hat for President Obasanjo… Read more »
February 12, 2001
South Africa: Mbeki Taps Top IT Execs to Battle Digital Divide
In an initiative designed to overcome the global digital divide, South African President Thabo Mbeki has reached out to leading technology figures, including five from the United… Read more »
February 05, 2001
Africa: AllAfrica Global Media and BBC World Service Announce Collaboration
AllAfrica Global Media, which operates the leading Africa site on the World Wide Web, has signed a strategic agreement with the British Broadcasting Corporation. Under the… Read more »
