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Kenya leads Africa rural connect in third round
afrol News, 27 October - The Africa Rural Connect (ARC), a new online community hosted by the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), announced today the third-round winners of its online contest to select the best ideas submitted on how to help solve rural Africa’s greatest challenges in agricultural development. The first- and second-prize winners were from Kenya, while the third prize went to a resident of the United States. Read more
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Africa | World
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ITU approves new universal mobile phone charger
afrol News, 23 October - The United Nations communications technology agency has given its stamp of approval to a new energy-efficient one-size-fits-all mobile telephone charger, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has announced. Read more
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South Africa
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SA govt to subsidise poor TV owners go digital
afrol News, 22 October - The South African government has announced a R400 million (about US$54 million) scheme to help poor households to be able to switch from analogue to digital when the country moves to a total digital broadcasting in November next year. Read more
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South Africa
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SA's broadband market is at a watershed, says report
afrol News, 13 October - The South African broadband market has shown consistently significant growth rates of over 30 percent in the last two years, and according to Frost & Sullivan, this positive trend is expected to continue for the next two years. Read more
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Central Africa
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$215 million endorsed to develop Central Africa's efficient internet
afrol News, 7 October - The World Bank Group has announced its endorsement of the $215 million, ten-year Central African Backbone Programme (CAB Program), which will support the countries of the Central African region in developing their high-speed telecommunications backbone infrastructure to increase the availability of high-speed Internet and reduce end-user prices. Read more
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Africa | World
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Africa still lagging behind in ICTs
afrol News, 6 October - The rapidly growing information and communications technology (ICT) industry is set to see mobile subscriptions reach 4.6 billion worldwide by the end of the year, according to figures released by the United Nations telecommunications arm today. Read more
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Africa | World
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Indian Ocean nations to test tsunami warning system
afrol News, 6 October - Eighteen countries around the Indian Ocean Rim will participate in a United Nations-backed tsunami exercise on 14 October to coincide with World Disaster Reduction Day, the first time that the warning system set up following the devastating disaster that struck the region in 2004 will be tested. Read more
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Africa | World
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New netbook software in Africa to bridge the digital divide
afrol News, 23 September - IBM and Canonical are introducing a new, flexible personal computing software package for netbooks and other thin client devices to help businesses in Africa bridge the digital divide by leapfrogging traditional PCs and proprietary software. This is the first cloud- and premise-based Linux netbook software package offered by IBM and Canonical, the companies announced today. Read more
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East Africa
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ECP invests $25 million East African telecom
afrol News, 22 September - Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), an international private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent, announced today it has committed $25 million to Wananchi Group Holdings, an East African media and telecommunications company specialising in pay television and high-speed Internet services in Kenya and Tanzania. Read more
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South Africa
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SA’s first electric car on display
afrol News, 18 September - South Africa's first electric motor vehicle, the Joule, developed by Cape Town-based Optimal Energy, will be on display at the AIDC’s Automotive Industry Conference 2009 on 7 and 8 October 2009. Read more
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Morocco
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Competition in Morocco's telecom market increasing
afrol News, 18 September - Morocco's telecommunications market will be marked by an increase in competition in both fixed and mobile segments during the next five years, leaving incumbent Maroc Telecom to deal with the mounting pressure, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research. Read more
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Mauritius
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Mauritian bank deploys new ATM testing solution
afrol News, 19 August - Level Four, the leading provider of open standards-based ATM software, today announced that the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) has successfully gone live with its ATM Developer automated testing solution. MCB is the largest bank in Mauritius and has an ATM estate of 146 machines. Read more
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African telecom leaders meet in Uganda
afrol News, 11 August - Top officials and players in Africa’s telecommunications industry will meet in the Next Generation Telecom Summit taking place in Nairobi at the beginning of October, to map out new strategies to meet the ever growing challenges of the industry. Read more
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Africa | World
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Spain funds bridging gap programme for small Islands
afrol News, 6 August - Small island developing States, some of them along the African waters, and among the world’s most vulnerable countries, have received a boost of nearly $3 million to give them better access to technology, thanks to a joint initiative by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and Spain. Read more
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Africa | World
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Six African countries targeted in UN’s cleaner cooling project
afrol News, 28 July - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is launching a project in six African countries to replace ageing refrigeration systems with more energy-efficient versions and cut down on the consumption of ozone-depleting chemical compounds. Read more
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