Frustrated by the lack of mainstream media attention, international human rights organizations are using the internet to maintain focus on the conflict in Darfur.
The war in northern Uganda has driven thousands of people from their homes to live in camps. Now, after a lot of trial an error, BOSCO Uganda has brought the internet and low-cost phone calls to the camps, giving the people a chance to tell their own story.
The wireless school connectivity project is an initiative that has connected a secondary school in a poor township of Harare to the internet, using wireless technologies. The genesis of this project was a result of the Southern Africa Wireless Workshop, which took place in Pretoria, South Africa in 2005 and was organized by APC. Muroro Dziruni of Connect Africa in Zimbabwe tells the story of how wireless technology can work in Africa, when everyone joins in and cooperates.
Most experts would agree that information and communications technology (ICT) is crucial to economic growth and development. Every day, we can see its impact on innovation, business productivity and job creation—and in the lives of millions of people who have benefited from its transformative power.
Internet marketing company Quirk is developing an application using Google Earth and Google Maps to monitor the wave of xenophobic violence that has swept the country.
Zambia will be hosting the first International Sustainable Rural Telecentre in Africa workshop scheduled from 17th -20th June, 2008 at Cresta View Hotel.The workshop has attracted participants from all over Africa, Canada, India and Nepal.
Celtel Nigeria has launched a new local entrepreneur-ship project, Celtel Rural Acquisition Initiative (RAI), aimed at boosting rural business and connecting rural areas to the rest of the world.
Danny Quah is Head of Department and Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. I had the pleasure of meeting Danny at the recent release of "Wireless for Social Change : Trends in NGO Mobile Use," in London. This report is an exploration of how mobile technology is changing the way NGOs do their work, and includes case studies of how mobiles are used in social development. Danny had an articulate and cogent critique of our findings. We thought it would be interesting to MobileActive readers to hear his thoughts — with which I could not agree more — re-published here with permission.
Ghana Telecom plans to extend services in rural areas.
Hundreds of people have lined up outside phone shops in Cuba’s capital Havana for their first chance to legally own a mobile.
