African universities turn to partnerships to bridge ICT gap

A project partnering African universities with their counterparts in Catalonia, Spain, to bridge the ICT gap borne of small budgets and limited infrastructure is starting to bear fruit. Initiated last January, universities in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique and Senegal teamed up with eight Catalonian universities to develop inexpensive software to address African countries’ research ICT shortages. Representatives from each university are currently in Barcelona to outline the tasks and begin work on development. More>>