the Digital community of West Africa

Nigeria's satellite setback

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:20:00 +0200

Nigeria's attempt to bridge the digital divide in Africa has suffered a setback after its first communications satellite failed. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Nigeria's e-waste challenges

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:48:00 +0200

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria, (SON) and the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, (CPN) are facing an uphill task of dealing with the increasing dumping of electrical waste (e-waste) into the country. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Microsoft denies $400 000 payment to Nigerian contractor

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:05:00 +0200

Microsoft has denied media reports that it paid a Nigerian government contractor US$400,000 to try and prevent Linux's movement into the government sector. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Fuel launches pan African digital solution

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:57:00 +0200

Fuel today announced its expansion into Africa and the Middle East, allowing the group to offer a greater degree of ease and targeting for brands looking to exploit African and Middle Eastern markets. The group will see the launch of the first of its offices in Nigeria in Q1 2009, followed by Kenya, Ghana and Dubai by Q3 2009. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Nokia Siemens Network launches in Ivory Coast

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:02:00 +0200

Nokia Siemens Networks on Monday, 22 September 2008, officially launched its operations in Ivory Coast to reinforce its presence in the country through a telecommunications professional team. Read full story... | Send to a friend

SA vlogger takes Highway Africa Digital Journalism award

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:48:00 +0200

BREAKING NEWS: Khaya Dlanga, YouTube vlogger, Thoughtleader blogger and MetropolitanRepublic Johannesburg creative, has scooped the SABC-Highway Africa New Media Award in the Student/Individual category, it was announced this evening, Tuesday, 9 September 2007, at the awards ceremony at the 1820 Settlers' Monument in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. The other two winners were Nirmal Shah from Seychelles for Nature Seychelles (www.natureseychelles.org) in the Non-profit category and Togo's Noel Kokou Tadegnon for Sites Média (www.mediatogo.info) in the Corporate category. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Poisoning the poor - Electronic waste in Ghana

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:17:00 +0200

The latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing horrendous pollution is in Ghana. Our analysis of samples taken from two electronic waste (e-waste) scrap yards in Ghana has revealed severe contamination with hazardous chemicals. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Ghana to benefit from Africa's largest technology park

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:09:00 +0200

The non-profit group, Life for Africa will establish the continent's largest technology park in Ghana. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Ghana: Dumping ground for used gadgets

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:30:00 +0200

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. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Nigeria shines in global ICT scene

Fri, 23 May 2008 12:08:00 +0200

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. Read full story... | Send to a friend