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afrol News, 16 November - Business leaders to the UN-linked Internet Governance Forum (IGF), taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, send a strong message yesterday, saying the future of the Internet is everyone's concern and could boost economic growth.

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» 13.10.2009 - SA's broadband market is at a watershed, says report
» 09.10.2009 - South Africa hosts joint air symposium
» 07.10.2009 - $215 million endorsed to develop Central Africa's efficient internet
» 06.10.2009 - Africa still lagging behind in ICTs
» 06.10.2009 - Developing economies can lead world out of recession, Egypt's minister
» 06.10.2009 - Gateway boosts its pan-Africa network strength
» 06.10.2009 - Indian Ocean nations to test tsunami warning system
» 23.09.2009 - New netbook software in Africa to bridge the digital divide
» 18.09.2009 - SA’s first electric car on display
» 15.09.2009 - Angola Telecom places order for fraud management solution
» 04.09.2009 - New cables to kick-start Africa's new broadband era, report
» 25.08.2009 - Expansion of ICT sector fuels Egypt's Growth
» 11.08.2009 - African telecom leaders meet in Uganda
» 28.07.2009 - Six African countries targeted in UN’s cleaner cooling project
» 27.07.2009 - IT infrastructure outsourcing boosted in Nigeria
» 21.05.2009 - Africa lags behind in use of free software
» 19.05.2009 - Rwanda signs $24 million grant for broadband connectivity
» 14.05.2009 - Egypt's software piracy rating drops
» 11.05.2009 - Ghana and Burkina Faso sign fibre optic networks agreement
» 17.04.2009 - Mauritius seeks stronger ICT sector
» 09.03.2009 - Morocco announces $10 billion investment in the energy sector
» 04.03.2009 - Egyptian internet activists freed
» 26.02.2009 - Algeria to erect nuclear Power plant
» 19.02.2009 - Africa's slow progress blamed on poor use of gadgets
» 08.12.2008 - Egypt's "Smart Village" progressing
» 20.10.2008 - Swaziland combats fuel smuggling
» 15.10.2008 - Rwanda to host Africa regional higher education summit
» 07.10.2008 - MISA Zimbabwe acknowledges proposed ICT bill
» 29.08.2008 - Nigeria, Iran to share nuclear technology
» 19.06.2008 - Burkina Faso opts for Internet boom
» 19.02.2008 - Nigeria cancels privatisation
» 31.10.2007 - $50 billion investment for African telecoms
» 16.10.2007 - Ghana’s leading mobile operators in trouble
» 08.09.2006 - Kenya to finance its own Internet cable
» 20.06.2006 - Mobile phones to empower rural Rwanda
» 19.06.2006 - Malawi Telecom to get competition on fixed lines
» 16.11.2005 - UN finally signals discontent with Tunisia
» 10.11.2005 - Mbeki inaugurates giant African telescope
» 31.05.2005 - France, Libya launch nuclear cooperation
» 15.03.2005 - Old Kenya telecom commission "was corrupt"
» 09.03.2005 - Stakeholders unhappy with Kenya telecom reshuffle
» 03.02.2005 - Rwanda's secondary schools to be connected by 2017
» 03.02.2005 - Ghana's ICT sector is up to speed
» 01.11.2004 - Cape Town registers call centre investment boom
» 07.10.2004 - Botswana's "telecom revolution" lauded
» 27.09.2004 - Shanghai Telecom "soon Cape Verde's 2nd operator"
» 23.08.2004 - Comoros telecom market reforms speed up
» 12.07.2004 - Nigeria may join Global University System
» 21.06.2004 - Organiasations protest Tunisia venue of WSIS
» 07.06.2004 - Zimbabwe internet firms to spy on customers
» 27.05.2004 - South Africa losing role as Africa's technology leader
» 25.02.2004 - São Tomé to liberalise telecom market
» 04.02.2004 - Zimbabwe govt gazettes new telecoms regulations
» 12.12.2003 - Information Minister commits Zambia
» 17.11.2003 - Morocco removes all tariff barriers on IT products
» 21.07.2003 - Portuguese telecom monopoly in Bissau to end
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