http://www.onlineafrica.net Tracking Africa's ICT progress one day at a time Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:27:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1182" align="aligncenter" width="250" caption="Is phone-graphing the future?"][/caption] Years ago, Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, a documentary author, aptly predicted that "Digital cameras will allow us to re-create the African collective memory." For one, he felt that digital cameras that filmed video were less intimidating than camcorders and would allow more intimate moments to ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Su1xQB3OXZSOcbvqddUGPJEy8YU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Su1xQB3OXZSOcbvqddUGPJEy8YU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Su1xQB3OXZSOcbvqddUGPJEy8YU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Su1xQB3OXZSOcbvqddUGPJEy8YU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/onlineafrica/~4/CzfIqLpR65A" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onlineafrica/~3/CzfIqLpR65A/ http://www.onlineafrica.net/uncategorized/digital-camera/ Only 4% of global telecommunications investments are for Africa. Factors vary but revolve  around a lack of confidence in the continent: Under-investment, bane of African ICT development, say experts {The Guardian UK} Nigeria must put extra effort into supporting broadband: Experts worry over low broadband use at eWorld forum {Vanguard} The TLD process is ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Wuvrgit42k1lf2qJChNzEvvmVFo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Wuvrgit42k1lf2qJChNzEvvmVFo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Wuvrgit42k1lf2qJChNzEvvmVFo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Wuvrgit42k1lf2qJChNzEvvmVFo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/onlineafrica/~4/htZi9FGzR0g" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onlineafrica/~3/htZi9FGzR0g/ http://www.onlineafrica.net/news/03-09-10/ Many stories from East Africa were reported over the weekend/today, but there are others as well: The system will link terrestrial fibre from the five East Africa Community countries with the submarine cables at Mombasa and Dar es Salaam by April (maybe): EA Internet 'Backhaul Ring' Slated for April, U.S.$35 Million Needed ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FPTZNU3CX5uP4Gmnyo6Gx3LQVWY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FPTZNU3CX5uP4Gmnyo6Gx3LQVWY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FPTZNU3CX5uP4Gmnyo6Gx3LQVWY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FPTZNU3CX5uP4Gmnyo6Gx3LQVWY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/onlineafrica/~4/C9ryLXUi0KI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onlineafrica/~3/C9ryLXUi0KI/ http://www.onlineafrica.net/news/03-08-10/ Part of using the Internet and all of its resources is having fun. Another part is attracting the attention of a vast online audience. The right tools can help bring attention to your cause without costing a fortune or causing hours of stress. Microsoft Pain may be great for small ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UawGHtt_ACUFktXJS2Qo_nNAm8E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UawGHtt_ACUFktXJS2Qo_nNAm8E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UawGHtt_ACUFktXJS2Qo_nNAm8E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UawGHtt_ACUFktXJS2Qo_nNAm8E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/onlineafrica/~4/M66oJJyWwzE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onlineafrica/~3/M66oJJyWwzE/ http://www.onlineafrica.net/uncategorized/fun-with-cost-effective-image-manipulation/ Sierra Leone will host the Commonwealth African Rural Connectivity Initiative Capacity Building Workshop next week: NATCOM leaps in Improving Rural Communities through ICTSs {Awoko (Sierra Leone)} Kenya is proposing a ban on all imported computers in an effort to curb e-waste: No more junk, pleads Ndemo {Daily Nation} Critics feel that Africans do not ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ECHJiZCMiPZ5Eozwh8XtYkaGGKo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ECHJiZCMiPZ5Eozwh8XtYkaGGKo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ECHJiZCMiPZ5Eozwh8XtYkaGGKo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ECHJiZCMiPZ5Eozwh8XtYkaGGKo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/onlineafrica/~4/40GhCdSNIxg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onlineafrica/~3/40GhCdSNIxg/ http://www.onlineafrica.net/news/03-06-10/ [caption id="attachment_1153" align="aligncenter" width="387" caption="Careful planning leads African nations in the proper direction"][/caption] The successful implementation of a national ICT (NICT) plan, also known as national information and communication infrastructure (NICI) plan,  requires a great deal of planning on the part of the government. 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Many countries are not at this point in development, but Tunisia ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_eNORRlOx2S4u0fW1bCwffoeQtw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_eNORRlOx2S4u0fW1bCwffoeQtw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_eNORRlOx2S4u0fW1bCwffoeQtw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_eNORRlOx2S4u0fW1bCwffoeQtw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/onlineafrica/~4/ehEeUpSoE50" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onlineafrica/~3/ehEeUpSoE50/ http://www.onlineafrica.net/news/03-03-10/ Nigeria addresses the recent report on connectivity: Latest ITU report scores Nigeria low, not among top 100 {The Guardian} Despite large investments and attention, rural areas are still not connected: Over 70% C’wealth nations not connected, CTO boss, Ekwow-Spio Garbrah {Vanguard} The author feels that Nigeria needs better ICT laws and outsourcing practices: Towards the ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6hof8g7NwzsL5BgKmb7WvUd8IIs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6hof8g7NwzsL5BgKmb7WvUd8IIs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6hof8g7NwzsL5BgKmb7WvUd8IIs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6hof8g7NwzsL5BgKmb7WvUd8IIs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/onlineafrica/~4/OL2-68YuQmo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/onlineafrica/~3/OL2-68YuQmo/ http://www.onlineafrica.net/news/03-02-10/ Tomorrow (Wednesday, March 3, 2010) marks the start of the weekly reality-online game "Evoke". 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