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Africa
Pan-African parliamentary science forum launched

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 5 May - An Africa-wide forum for parliamentarians which aims to give science, technology and innovation a more central role in the policy-making process was launched this week.
Southern Africa
Southern Africa to get infrastructure master plan

afrol News, 17 March - The long-awaited launch of the Regional Infrastructure Master Plan for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) later this year is expected to guide development in key infrastructure such as road, rail, ports and electricity.
Cameroon
Cameroon limits social media services

afrol News, 9 March - The government of Cameroon has ordered mobile operator MTN to suspend an SMS service that had proven a powerful tool for protest movements in North Africa.
Kenya
Kenyan pupils find teachers in laptops

afrol News, 21 October - Gladys Lokilamak is always cheery in the afternoons. This is the time that she and her colleagues at the remote Asilong Primary School in north-western Kenya normally find fun in education - through laptops.
Cape Verde
Cape Verde gets Africa's first giant wind farm

afrol News, 7 October - Finally, the funding to design, build and operate onshore wind farms on four islands in the Cape Verde archipelago has been granted. The ground-breaking project is seen as a model for renewable energy projects in Africa at large.
South Africa
Microsoft play ‘big brother’ in SA

afrol News, 23 April - Microsoft will want to be a player rather than just a big spender in South Africa’s black empowerment policy, the company has said following the announcement it would spend about half a billion rands (about US$ 64 million) in the next seven years to boost local business partnerships.
South Africa
SA's mobile operators cornered on price policies

afrol News, 16 April - The war of figures is back in the boardrooms, after the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) announced a surprise proposal package for mobile operators to cut on their rates drastically.
Africa | Rwanda
"New roadmap for African rails"

afrol News, 22 March - An "ambitious initiative and sustainable plan to boost and lay out a 21st century road and rail transport infrastructure in Africa" is to be unveiled at the inaugural Africa Roads & Rail Infrastructure Summit 2010 in Kigali, organisers promise.
South Africa
SA bank sign deal to access fingerprint data

afrol News, 17 March - South African banks will soon have access to finger-print data through the Home Affairs department to verify clients.
Senegal
Senegal considers nuclear power

afrol News, 12 March - The government of Senegal is considering building a nuclear electricity plant with French assistance to improve its erratic power supply. Currently, only South Africa has nuclear power plants on the continent.
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» 16.11.2009 - Increased Internet access to boost economic growth, forum
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» 14.10.2009 - COSATU calls for wholesale reforms on telecomms pricing
» 13.10.2009 - SA's broadband market is at a watershed, says report
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» 06.10.2009 - Developing economies can lead world out of recession, Egypt's minister
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» 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
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» 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
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» 03.02.2005 - Ghana's ICT sector is up to speed
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» 27.05.2004 - South Africa losing role as Africa's technology leader
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