HONOR X9c: A Game-Changer for South African Smartphone Innovation HONOR has once again raised the bar in the mid-range smartphone market with the launch…
Village Telco: Addressing the issue of rural connectivity
In the words of African telecommunications expert Steve Song, Village Telco is “an easy-to-use, scalable, standards-based, wireless, local, do-it-yourself, telephone company toolkit”. He’s just…
Nigerian jailed for Facebook insult of governor
Nigerian police detained a man for 10 days after he insulted a state governor on Facebook, traumatising him to such a degree that he…
The mobile banking race begins in Nigeria
Last week I got a visit from Peter Afam Emeleogu, an old contact from TED Africa in 2007. We’ve both been busy in the…
Ugandan ISP reveals benefits of Google’s Global Cache
Take a look at the amazing chart below. Orange Uganda has seen local traffic jump from 3Mbs to over 30Mbs in just two weeks…