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AFRICA Flying Dove opens new Sony showrooms in Lagos
AFRICA Quality ICT key for developing countries - WB report
AFRICA Ghossein appointed new Telkom Kenya CEONAIROBI: Telkom Kenya, late last week unveiled Mickael Ghossein as its new CEO. The announcement was made by the company's board of directors following a meeting earlier in the week. 30 Jun 2009 14:37 AFRICA Emerging markets, dumping grounds for secondary PCs - Gartner
AFRICA East Africa: historic internet launch
AFRICA MTI Nigeria reports positive resultsNigeria's Mass Telecom Innovation (MTI) Plc has released a positive set of results for the first quarter of the year ending 31 March 2009. 26 Jun 2009 11:35 AFRICA Piracy delays Seacom launch date
AFRICA Piracy delays Seacom launch date
AFRICA VC4Africa and Appfrica announce formal partnershipVC4Africa.com and Appfrica.org have announced a formal partnership aimed at mobilising and supporting the venture capital community of Africa, building the community of investors and entrepreneurs who build business on the continent. 22 Jun 2009 12:28 AFRICA KDN, Alcatel-Lucent connect East Africa
AFRICA Gateway Communications wins 2009 GTB Award for Innovation
AFRICA US students help bring Internet to rural Africa[Nicole Casal Moore] Residents of rural Kenya now have email accounts and Internet access thanks in part to the work of engineering students at the University of Michigan, USA who enabled satellite-based services at three locations in the country. Their work was supported by Google. 18 Jun 2009 10:41 AFRICA E-library boost in EgyptIn Egypt, efforts to widen access to scientific material have been boosted by the launch of a US$60,000 digital library. The library, launched in June, boasts locally-produced research, and provides the Egyptian community with discounted journals by leading US scientific societies. 17 Jun 2009 15:28 Latest jobs | Ad showcase Love Life   2 of 9  |
LAGOS: Flying Dove, a distributor of Sony consumer electronics products in Nigeria commissioned on 26 June 2009 two new Sony Showrooms in Lagos. They are located at the Palms Shopping Mall and at Victoria Island. 
Washington, D.C: A new report from the World Bank Group finds that access to affordable, high quality internet and mobile phone services enables development across all levels of the economy and society. 
STAMFORD: Demand for secondary PCs will outstrip supply for years to come, but reuse does not necessarily mean "greener" IT because growing exports for reuse or recycling are leading to increasing e-waste in emerging markets, according to Gartner. 
The first undersea internet cable linking East Africa to the rest of the world was launched this month, June 2009, in Kenya. The 5,000km cable stretches from Fujairah in United Arab Emirates, passing through the Indian Ocean to Kenya. 
According to Seacom, an increase in pirate activity during April and May 2009, in terms of intensity and geographical coverage, has resulted in a delay in the undersea cable installation plans. The ready-for-service date has been postponed from 27 June to 23 July . 
PARIS: Alcatel-Lucent and Kenya Data Networks (KDN), a communications carrier in Kenya, have signed a three-year frame agreement valued at €15 million. The agreement covers the supply, integration, installation and deployment for Alcatel-Lucent's optical networking and optical switching solutions for KDN's transport network across Kenya and neighbouring countries in East Africa. 
LONDON: Gateway Communications, a supplier of telecommunications services across Africa, on Tuesday, 16 June 2009 won the award for Wireless Network Infrastructure Innovation in partnership with vendor, Cambridge Broadband Networks at the 2009 GTB Innovation Awards held in London. 
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