ALL major South African civil society organisations are set to converge in Johannesburg in two weeks to deliberate on how best they could use Information Communication Technology (ICT) to raise funding.
South African NGO Network (SANGONeT) Executive Director, David Barnard, told our reporters this afternoon (Tuesday) that the conferences would be held in the South African [...]
THE role played by Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the development of Nigeria in the past 50 years will be celebration on September 30, 2010 in Lagos.
Nigeria attained independence in October 1,1960.
The event, which is being packaged by industry bigwigs, is part of Nigeria’s Golden jubilee celebration, which comes to a [...]
THE Kenyan government is expected to announce new interconnection rates before the end of this week, paving the way for the implementation of long awaited cross-network call costs reduction in Kenya.
The Communication Commission of Kenya is expected to announce the new call rates, a move that will result in the high interconnection rates charged by [...]
East Africa’s rapidly expanding ICT sector will receive a further boost next month when computing and communications professionals from throughout the region convene in Nairobi for the first AITEC East Africa ICT Summit. Held under the auspices of the Ministry of Information & Communications, the Summit will gather ICT suppliers, service providers, innovators, managers and [...]
THE East African Region’s tourism industry has been urged to take advantage of faster internet speeds, increasing dominance of electronic commerce (e-commerce) and the rise of social media sites to further accelerate growth within the industry.
E-Tourism Frontiers chief executive Damian Cook says that due to the fast growth in the information and communications technology (ICT) [...]
Leading lights from industry, civil society, UN agencies and the creative sphere, who together comprise the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, have emphasized the critical role of broadband networks in future global development.
Commissioners met in private session in Geneva on 11 July to set about defining a vision for accelerating the deployment of broadband networks [...]
AN Information and Communications Technology (ICT) fair designed to facilitate the harmonisation of ICT business within the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) will hold next month in Cotonou, Benin Republic, according to the organisers.
The Ecoticfair fair, which takes place at the Chinese Cultural Center for [...]
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has called for global ICT regulation to enforce an “ICT stimulus plan” to drive network investment, growth and development in countries affected by the global economic crisis.
In yesterday’s Budget Speech for 2010, South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, underlined the importance of using social media platforms to encourage public participation in the budget process.
Bingu wa Mutharika, the African Union (AU) chairperson, has called upon member countries to take information and communication technologies seriously.
African leaders will gather in Addis Adeba, Ethiopia at the end of January for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government to tackle mainly ICT issues.