Technology
The 40th anniversary of monetary cooperation between France and countries of the CFA franc
The fifteen members of the African French zone celebrate the 40th anniversary of monetary cooperation with France on October 5 in Paris.
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GUINEA RELIEF OF ITS DEBTS
Guinea has been relief of a debt of over 2.1 billion this Wednesday and has now been removed from the list of highly indebted...
South Africa: A dish way to cook in compliance with Kyoto protocol
Sun Fire Solutions presents a range on innovative Solar Lighting systems especially suitable to African not easy conditions of life. What is most important...
Africans lend tech savvy to elections, banking, education
Africa is wired and fast proving its tech savviness as millions of Africans adopt new technology. A decision by UEMOA, an eight-member country, to...
Social media and cyber-activism in North Africa’s revolution
As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square celebrated the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February, some held up mobile...
African hi-tech taking leading position
For 48 long hours, employees of Senegal’s National Telecommunications Company cut telephone and Internet connections to the rest of the world. That bold action,...
Namibia and Zimbabwe politicians confront new technology
Following the recent 'Twitter-Facebook inspired revolutions’ in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle East countries, Namibian leader, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, has sent a strong...
Television, a real health hazard!
British doctors have recently ruled on the effects of watching television. Television addiction, which is separated from factors like smoking and high blood pressure,...
Facebook, the new health hazard…
A group of scientists have recently put a forward a theory that seeks to prove a correlation between some ailments and social networking sites...
Africa’s big social media explosion
In the mid-1990s, as the use of mobile phones spread in much of the developed world, few thought of Africa as a potential market....
As Africa telecoms grow Ethiopia, Somalia and Zimbabwe present great potential
A telecoms committee has been recently formed to urge African Countries to focus their attention to broadband deployment and telecom services to rural communities....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
FIFA and Sony to Launch First Ever Global 3D Experience of the FIFA World Cup(TM)
Following the initial joint announcement to make the world's first FIFA World Cup(TM) available in 3D, FIFA and Sony Corporation today unveiled insights into...
African Radio Stations take on the world
It has finally happened. A Sub-Saharan radio station is streaming live on the Internet in CD quality. Why did it take so long? The...
Sudanese to access web freely despite sanctions
The United States has moved to ensure that Sudanese can exercise their universal right to free speech and information to the greatest extent possible....
Europe asked to guard against conflict-resources from Africa
Rights group, Global Witness (GW) has called on corporations in Europe to break their links to conflict resources from the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Zimbabwe and South African Toyota cars recalled
Toyota Zimbabwe is recalling close to 100 cars for check ups as the
automotive giant recalls thousands of cars worldwide. In South Africa
a recall of...
Ethiopia Agent recalls Toyota vehicles for repairs
Motor and Engineering Company of Ethiopia (MOENCO), the sole agent of the Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation, has requested its Ethiopian customers to return...
Hewlett Packard’s Brain Gain Initiative to consolidate African development
Among the first leading IT companies to have invested in Africa, Hewlett-Packard (HP) is convinced that to benefit from the continent’s full potential the...