F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Social media: Africa’s new musical frontier
“When people hear about Africans and the internet, they immediately think of 419 scams,” says Ngozi Odita, who runs societyhae.com, a collective of voices…
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…
Google appoints 33-year-old Kenyan to head Africa policy
Google’s new appointment of a 33-year-old Kenyan to manage its Africa policy has been described as a “coup” by authoritative US technology magazine FastCompany….