The latest issue of Business Week contains an informative report on cellphones in Africa (mainly East Africa). ‘By yearend, Africa will have 261 million cellular subscriptions, more than 10 times the number in 2001. The penetration rate is approaching 28%, according to market watcher Informa Telecoms & Media in London.’ According to Business Week Reporter [...]
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‘What would a Kenyan farmer want with a mobile phone?’
Posted in economy, Internet connectivity, mobile communications, mobile phones, Nigeria, technology on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wire-less in Rwanda
Posted in Internet connectivity, New York Times, Rwanda on July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times‘ Sunday Busines Times has published a report by one if its reporters Ron Nixon on an initiative to increase internet connectivity in Rwanda. In 2003 the Rwandan government signed a contract with a US company Terracom to ‘lace Rwanda with fiber optic cables, connecting schools, government institutions and homes with low-cost, [...]
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