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Google has launched the Kenya Elections Hub, a portal where voters, journalists and campaigns can easily track news, trends information related to the elections. This comes when the Kenya technology is at the heart of elections. The Internet is transforming…
Mobile internet usage has grown tremendously, almost matching the number of fixed lines. Africa is know to be a mobile services continent and there is now research figures showing the level of growth. Research commissioned by mobile advertising network, Twinpine,…
Diplomacy is tough, and its for the patient. So, if you are the type that likes to stick to the issues and make a decision fast, treaty making is not your place, stay away because these guys will know what…
Yesterday and today seem to be the day for Africa to their voices and concerns heard. During the plenary yesterday, it was clear from the Africa group that issues of invoicing and sending of invoices were important and should be…
One of the major issues being discussed at the ongoing ITU meeting is internet infrastructure and whether governments should be allowed to regulate or have a role to play in the internet infrastructure business. ITU says it has nothing to…
Have you ever wondered why UN meetings and other government related international meetings take two weeks? Well, you are not alone, consider these scenarios: 1. Have 1,000 people editing a document 2. Have political rivals try to agree on words…
MTN Uganda has lodged a formal complaint with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in Uganda against the Chief Magistrate of the Buganda Road Magistrates Court, Sylvia Nabagala in a statement issued by MTN Group Corporate Affairs. MTN Uganda expressed grave…
Two days ago, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) revealed which governments had expressed intentions to oppose some of the applied new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) and African governments had a good showing, Africa was ranked…
Ericsson has reported that approximately 40 percent of all phones sold in the third-quarter 2012 were smartphones. Data traffic for smartphones is expected to exceed the overall average by up to 12 times by 2018, mainly driven by video. Ericsson’s…
The world’s leading satellite services provider, Intelsat, has announced a new multi-year capacity agreement with South African-based Vodacom on the Intelsat satellite fleet. Vodacom will utilize capacity to support its deployment of cellular backhaul services in the Democratic Republic of…