A study undertaken by global software company Opera and digital reading non-profit Worldreader has found that women in Africa use mobile internet to empower and entertain themselves. Opera ran a survey of 1,500 women and men aged 14 to 44…
Technology has affected our lives in almost every way. One of the most important revolutionary changes technology has made is with education. Classrooms now have smartboards, students have tablets accessible as learning tools, and technology today makes distance learning and…
Starting today, book-lovers in South Africa can now buy books on Google Play. Apps are already available on Google Play, and today’s launch will give users access to hundreds of thousands of books, including bestsellers and classics from hundreds of…
The library at Monash University South Africa, the local campus representing Australia’s Monash University, houses 417,000 electronic monographs or e-books available on platforms, the largest source of information of this kind in Africa. The library supports teaching and research in…
Catalyst for change The mercurial world of the Internet remains a catalyst for change. In recent history, iTunes, the seminal digital music download platform, has turned music distribution upside down. Now, with e-books poised to hit the mainstream, we’re on…
Former Nigerian President, Mr. Olusegun Obasenjo, once joked that if one wants to hide something from Nigerians, one should put it in a book. “If you put it in a book, no Nigerian will ever see it”, he said.