A visit to the British Council’s offices in Manchester today, and an invitation to give a ‘brown bag’ lunch update on current issues in ICT4D that might be of interest to staff there, provided an opportunity for the following reflections:
There are important differences between ICTD and ICT4D – quite simply the “4″. Much work in [...]
A rainy Saturday morning in London – Ed Scotcher has brought us all together to explore the interface between ICTs and African development in the first Africa Gathering. He kindly asked me to say a few words of introduction – why is this Africa Gathering important?
A joined up approach – it brings together people from [...]
Does anyone know of a simple one-stop shop to find out more about the progress of submarine cable development around Africa – particularly East Africa? The following main initiatives are underway:
EASSy (The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System) – MoU signed in December 2003
SAFE (South Africa Far East) – Commissioned in 2002 and built by Tyco [...]
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