GHANAGhana: Dumping ground for used gadgets
At one of the many busy roadside shops in the capital, Accra, John Nuagbe displays the used, rusty and mostly broken electrical gadgets he recently imported from the USA. 23 Jul 2008 09:30

NIGERIANigeria shines in global ICT scene
[Remmy Nweke] The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has stated that it is poised to compete in the global economy by way of leveraging on the opportunities embedded in the burgeoning Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Minister of Information and Communications, John Odey gave this insight in his ministerial message to investors at the recently concluded International Telecommunication Union (ITU) event held at the Egyptian capital, Cairo. 23 May 2008 12:08

NIGERIANigeria slow on the broadband uptake
[Jonah Iboma] The absence of last mile equipment and high cost of bandwidth have been identified as the major reasons why broadband Internet access penetration is low in Nigeria. 21 May 2008 13:07

GHANAGhana launches smartcard payments system
President John Kufuor has launched a landmark payment and settlement system designed to transform and extend the coverage of financial services and transactions in Ghana. The "National Switch and Smartcard Payments System," dubbed "E-Zwich," is an initiative of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and provides a common platform to link the payments of all the financial and non-financial banking institutions. 5 May 2008 10:01

ZIMBABWEZim advertising awards go ahead despite lack of new campaigns
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's Advertising Publicity Club is organising its annual competition for the advertising industry, despite a dearth of new campaigns due to an economic crisis that has stunted growth and limited new advertising campaigns in a once vibrant sector. 11 Jan 2008 07:04

NIGERIASiemens fights bribery allegations
[Remmy Nweke] Siemens is fighting to restore its credibility after being cited in a €12 million bribery scam by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of Nigeria. 10 Dec 2007 13:21

WEST AFRICAGambia telecom gets new board
[Musa Saidykhan] The Gambia's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Nenneh Macdouall-Gaye, presided over the inauguration of the new board of Gambia Telecommunications Company Ltd (Gamtel). 7 Dec 2007 12:15

WEST AFRICAWIFI/WIMAX to ease Internet access in Sierra Leone
[Bai-Bai Sesay] In its bid to offer easy access to internet service users in Sierra Leone, a technological breakthrough has occurred in the capital Freetown recently when an indigenous company known as FGC Wireless announced that it has successfully completed a city-wide unrestricted WIFI/WIMAX network that will ease the problems of internet users in the country. 7 Nov 2007 12:45

AFRICACisco to invest $10m in Africa
[Remmy Nweke] Cisco Systems is to invest $10 million to develop its network infrastructure on the continent. 7 Nov 2007 12:05

NIGERIAInternet exchange for Nigeria
[Jonah Iboma] Interstella Communications Limited has built and commissioned an Internet exchange gateway that will among other things help keep Nigeria's internet traffic local, thereby reducing the costs of internet use in the country. 29 Oct 2007 13:11

AFRICATwo-nation affiliate for LPI in Africa
[Remmy Nweke] Two more African countries have joined the Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the worldwide promoters of skills on Linux and Open Source technologies, based in Toronto, Canada. 18 Oct 2007 22:28

NIGERIANigeria prepares for 3G services
[Jonah Iboma] Third Generation (3G) mobile services could become operational in Nigeria in the next few weeks after the four GSM operators reported that tests for the release of the services had been successful. 15 Oct 2007 01:30

NIGERIACeltel-Nigeria and Nokia pool their resources
[Remmy Nweke] Mobile operator, Celtel Nigeria and telecommunications infrastructure provider, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) have endorsed a US$130 million (about N16,185,000,000) deal for network expansion nationwide. 12 Oct 2007 10:26