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Digital library on the cards as US seeks to strengthen Islamic ties

Digital library on the cards as US seeks to strengthen Islamic ties

FOLLOWING President Barack Obama’s pledges to push new technology and science in the Middle East during his Cairo speech, the United States is financing a plan to connect the region’s universities and science institutes through a digital library to stretch from Morocco to Libya.
According to a press statement from the US Civilian Research and Development [...]

September 8 2010 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

President Obama scores first with MXit

President Obama scores first with MXit

US President Barack Obama, has scored another first, by becoming the first head of state to engage African youths through social network and instant messenger MXit, which boasts of more than 14 million users.

July 8 2009 | Posted in Digital, Mobile and Telecoms | Read More »

World ICT executives to witness Obama’s swearing-in ceremony next week

World ICT executives to witness Obama’s swearing-in ceremony next week

A NUMBER of companies in information and communication technology the world-over are preparing to travel to the United States next week to witness the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama as the first black leader of that country.

January 9 2009 | Posted in Mobile and Telecoms | Read More »

Bye bye, Blackberry’ for Obama

Bye bye, Blackberry’ for Obama

When he steps into the White House, US president-elect Barack Obama will have to make significant lifestyle changes, among them abandoning his avid use of email and the Blackberry.

November 24 2008 | Posted in Mobile and Telecoms | Read More »

Barack Obama touches base with Kenyan roots

Barack Obama touches base with Kenyan roots

UNITED States President-elect Barack Obama touched base with his roots on Tuesday night when he telephoned Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki.

November 13 2008 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

Obama Plan Could Boost US Solar Development, Demand

Obama Plan Could Boost US Solar Development, Demand

Barack Obama’s election as the next US president could usher in a new era of solar energy development in the United States, but economic difficulties may prove a barrier to some of the more
expensive renewable initiatives, according to Gartner, Inc.

November 12 2008 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

Obama’s computer ‘hacked’

Obama’s computer ‘hacked’

Hackers broke into the computer systems of the Barack Obama and John McCain campaign teams during the US presidential race and stole a ‘’serious amount of files” in an operation that US government cyber experts believe originated from China.

November 7 2008 | Posted in Security | Read More »

How the internet helped propel Barack Obama to the White House

How the internet helped propel Barack Obama to the White House

Barack Obama’s mastery of the internet as a campaigning tool was key to his election victory.
From day one of his bid for the White House, the President-Elect grasped the potential of the web to spread his message and organise party activists in a way that no other medium could achieve.

November 6 2008 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

African nations top web searches for Obama

African nations top web searches for Obama

IN his acceptance speech yesterday Barack Obama sent a message to those people “huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world” — but perhaps he should have mentioned web surfers as well.

November 6 2008 | Posted in Digital | Read More »

Obama sweeps to victory as first black president of America

Obama sweeps to victory as first black president of America

Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation’s first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. “Change has come,” he told a huge throng of jubilant supporters.
The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas,

November 3 2008 | Posted in Digital | Read More »

Obama, Mccain: What’s in it for Africa?

Obama, Mccain: What’s in it for Africa?

In four weeks the U.S will have a new Commander-in-Chief. The battle lines have been drawn between the Republicans and Democrats represented by war hero John McCain and Senator Barack Obama respectively. A new administration is coming, how well will these men handle the African agenda?

October 13 2008 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »