The MobileActive08 started yesterday in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference theme this year is “Unlocking the Potential of Mobile Technology for Social Impact”. MobileActive08 is hosted by Southern African NGO Network and MobileActive.org and it will last until the 15 of October at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg.
Category: technology
“Africa will be better represented”, Emeagwali
“Today Africans are not well represented on the web. But I think this will change with time”, Philip Emeagwali said at the end of the conference on Africa’s development held last week, Friday the 3rd of October in Taormina, Italy. Below, you can watch the video interview to Africanews.it How do you think ICT, internet […]
Barcamp Africa live on the web
Here you can watch Batrcamp Africa live on the web. Video clips at Ustream
"Connecting children will change the world", Keller
“By connecting children, I think we’ll change the world”, Matt Keller, managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa for “One laptop per child” (OLPC), said during the conference on Africa’s development in Taormina (Italy) last Friday the 3rd of October. Reached by Africanews.it, Keller said that “the major difficulties we have are in funding. […]
African geospatial industry focus on open source software
The FOSS4G conference opened yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa, by the title “Open Source Geospatial: An Option for Developing Nations”. Developing nations are very interested in this topic. Proving that open source software is a truly affordable solutions could lead to the development of a competitive geospatial industry for countries which could not afford […]
African Union and Microsoft for the development of ICT
The African Union and Microsoft will work together for the development of all Africans through ICT tools. The announcement has been made during the “ITU Telecom Africa 2008” conference held in Cairo, Egypt.