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...
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African universities turn to partnerships to bridge ICT gap
Harnessing the Transformational Power of ICTs for Development in Africa
The World Bank signed an agreement with private and public sector partners to collaborate on a joint effort to improve the lives of citizens, including in Africa, through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Go to Source
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New social networking hubs to boost African mobile innovation
infoDev and the volunteer networking organisation Mobile Monday have launched new social networking hubs in Uganda and Kenya. The chapters are run by volunteers in the mobile sector to encourage innovation, investment, information-sharing and partnership-building. Supported by the Government of Finland and handset manufacturer Nokia, this project harnesses social networking for innovation in...
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AVOIR
The African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) builds capacity in software engineering in Africa using Free Software (Open Source) as the vehicle. A partnership of 16 African Universities in an alliance that includes partners in North America, Europe, and Kabul, Afghanistan, AVOIR is a network with a node in each member institution....
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Ushahid
Ushahidi, which means “testimony” in Swahili, is a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. Ushahidi’s roots are in the collaboration of Kenyan citizen journalists during a time of crisis. The website was used to map incidents of violence...
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African computer scientists recognized
Microsoft Research, TWAS and AAS reward computer scientists showing potential to accelerate economic development in Africa Nairobi, Kenya. Three African scientists have been awarded the inaugural TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award for Young Scientists, by TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world and the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). The award, funded by Microsoft...
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JIDE AWE
He is the Founder / CEO of Jidaw Systems Limited that has been providing Training, Consulting, Career and Internet Content services for the IT and Telecom industry in Nigeria since it was established in 1995. He is in addition the Publisher of Jidaw.com, Nigeria’s first Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Website and information...
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Jidaw Systems Limited
Jidaw has been helping people and organizations interested in growth and empowerment with Information and Communications Technology. Mission Statement “More Power, Better Lives and Sustainable Growth through Knowledge, Technology and quality Values” Access to knowledge, not just knowledge is power. And what you do with knowledge is the priority not just access. With...
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