How Broadband Will Get To Somalia Before You Know It
Child participates in USAID's Interactive Radio Instruction education program, the only possible ICT project currently in Somalia. Last week, I interviewed Mohamed Ahmed Jama, CEO of Dalkom Somalia and...
View ArticleWhy immigrants make great ICT entrepreneurs
Photo: Zelalem Dagne Zelalem Dagne had spent the past twenty-five years in the United States, but the thought of returning to Ethiopia continually intrigued him. Eventually, with some prodding from...
View ArticleCablegate on African broadband: 2007 (Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia)
Quite a few WikiLeaks cables deal with the behind-the-scenes of African broadband affairs. Using CablegateSearch.net we have listed the “juiciest” cables (if African broadband can be described as...
View ArticleThe Magic of ICTs: Rural Women in Agriculture
Photo Credit: OpenIdeo Let’s imagine the state of the global food security in the next 3-5 years, if rural women decide to back out of agriculture and food production today? Secondly, let’s visualize...
View ArticleInformation Revolution Changing the Face of African Ag.
Photo Credit: ECX A 2-day conference on African Commodity Exchanges has ended in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa with the call for an Africa wide commodity exchange as well as more exchanges in...
View ArticleInnovation Africa Digital Summit gets underway in Ethiopia
One of Africa’s largest ICT gatherings got underway in Ethiopia today with the kick-off of the Innovation Africa Digital Summit in the capital Addis Ababa. Aida Opoku-Mensah, Officer-In-Charge of UNECA...
View ArticleQ&A: Nigerian Communications Commission’s Dr Bashir Gwandu
During the Innovation Africa Digital Summit in Ethiopia, IT News Africa had the opportunity to talk to Dr Bashir Gwandu, Nigeria’s Communications Commission’s Executive Commissioner. Gwandu discussed...
View ArticleCan this be an Opportunity for Mobile Banking in Ethiopia?
Photo Credit: The Economist I participated in a very informative event this week in Washington DC where a researcher was sharing his experience on “Weather-Index based Crop Insurance for Smallholder...
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