We all have them. Those apps we open without thinking. Not because we need anything in particular, but because they feel… safe, in some…
Google-backed project rolls out Wi-Fi hotspots in major Kenyan cities
Internet users in Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya can now connect to cheap Wi-Fi on the go following a continuing roll out by search…
AfricaCheck: Africa’s ‘first’ dedicated fact-checking site
Africa’s first website set up exclusively to fact-check public debate launched today. Called Africa Check, the site was developed by the non-profit arm of…
Africa slow to adopt Windows 8
Analysts and Microsoft business have questioned whether Windows 8 could persuade African enterprises to switch over quickly or completely. Some companies have argued that…
Phone tech to enable rural Nigerians to surf the web in local languages
A phone technology called InternetSpeech could allow more than 100 000 illiterate farmers and traders residing in Nigeria’s rural areas to browse the web…