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Toxic counterfeit drugs poisoning hundreds of thousands
Counterfeit medicines are a serious problem afflicting some 90 countries worldwide, and they kill an estimated 700,000 people annually. The key to fighting the...
Morocco’s militant hackers
They are militant hackers who have attacked sites in Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Israel... Their screen messages have been likened to messages on banners hoisted...
Egypt’s first nuclear project approved by IAEA
The UN’s nuclear watchdog has given the green light for Egypt’s first nuclear reactor, after President Hosni Mubarak pledged work closely with the agency,...
Top 10 ‘unanswerable’ questions
"What is the meaning of life?", "Is there a God?" and even "Do blondes have more fun?" - these are apparently the world's trickiest...
Facebook dismisses mobile phone rumors
Facebook said on Monday it is not building a mobile phone, dismissing a TechCrunch story that it is working on software for a device...
Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan, the facebook addict!
The 53 year old Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is a serious Facebooker! And if you are trying to guess where he chose to announce...
TV and Computer Games: A threat to adolescent health?
Obesity, violence, behavioural problems … television and the internet are frequently cited as the cause of these evils in modern society.
An Australian study has...
A new spokeless bicycle
In the nearly 150 years since the bicycle debuted, its operation has remained remarkably consistent. That is, until this year, when a group of...
A Google TV Refresher: What We Know So Far
Google TV's planned fall launch is not news, but given that Google hasn't said much about its television plans since May, it's time for...
Kenya prepares the way for a technology-based future
Kenya has great ambitions to establish itself as a tech-hub for Africa. But can it really keep up the pace of innovation?
The BBC's Egon...
Africa Hopes to Close Broadband Gap
According to recent studies by the International Telecommunications Union, only 10.9 percent of Africa's population uses the Internet. By contrast, the Internet is used...
Uganda’s new solar ovens
An immigrant from Uganda now residing in Chicago has used the first portion of a $100,000 business competition prize he won in January to...
How I stumbled on my Facebook spy
In the week that Eric Schmidt, Google CEO warned of the danger that the Internet could strip current and future generations of their privacy,...
IT Outsourcing: Africa, the new garden of Eden
A study conducted by AT Kearney has indicated that seven African countries are among the top 50 global outsourcing destinations for IT services, also...
Mobile Phone banking and insurance transforming the world
Global cellular phone coverage has far outpaced the expansion of essential services such as water and electricity, as well as access to financial services....
Morocco: Almajadid.com, a 100% social networking site for Moroccans
Almajadid.com is the first social network entirely dedicated to Moroccans. The idea to create the site was born out of the realization that other...
Flying Cars to be sold in 2011
Late next year, you'll be able to buy your own flying car -- er, "roadable aircraft" -- thanks to a thumbs-up from the Federal...
Africa-Europe underwater cable: West Africa to get high speed internet
France Telecom and a consortium of 20 members of the telecommunications industry, Saturday, signed an agreement to build an underwater cable between Europe and...
Technology: Africa’s way out
At 11 p.m. on 2 January 2008, back from Nairobi, Kenya, an exhausted Ory Okolloh — a Johannesburg-based Kenyan lawyer in her thirties —...
The imminent death of Radio in Europe
Ever heard of digital radio broadcasting? Not being able to answer to the affirmative will not come as a surprise to anyone. For years,...
South Africa: Conference to decide on standard for TV decoders
The Department of Communications will hold a conference on 29 April 2010 to finalize the technology standard for TV decoders, which will be used...
East African Community (EAC) adopts one laptop per child initiative
The East African Community today partnered with the One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a nonprofit organisation whose mission is to help provide every child...
Midea of China to Acquire Stake in Carrier Corporation’s Air-Conditioning Operations in Egypt
GD Midea Holding Co. Ltd. has signed an agreement to acquire a 32.5 percent stake in Misr Air Conditioning Manufacturing Company (Miraco). Midea is...
Clean Liquid Fuel Technology Goes International
LPP Combustion, LLC, a Columbia, Maryland based innovator in liquid fuel technology, has teamed up with several international partners to market their equipment overseas....
South Africa: ICASA faces legal threat, amid risking mobile TV promise to FIFA
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) could face legal action if it did not reconsider its decision to give companies just three...
Africans in U.S. Embracing Smartphones, New Study Reports
iPhone is the favorite among Egyptians in the U.S., while Ugandans here favor the BlackBerry. Samsung and Nokia phones tie for first preference...
Namibia: Deputy minister admits to slow progress on ICT
The new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Deputy Minister, Stanley Simataa, has told Parliament that Namibians have not yet reaped the benefits from...
Harris Corporation Honored for Corporate Community Service by National Society of Black Engineers
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, was awarded the 2010 Golden Torch Award for Corporate Community Service by the National...
Egypt:IFC, IBM, Bank of Alexandria Partner to Strengthen Egypt’s Small and Medium Enterprises
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Egypt's Bank of Alexandria today signed an agreement to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs)...
IBM Selected to Support Nigerian Healthcare and Social Welfare Initiatives
The government of Cross River State, Nigeria, has appointed IBM (NYSE:IBM) to assist with the implementation of two new social welfare and healthcare initiatives...