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New surveys reveal dynamism, challenges of open data-driven businesses in developing countries
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Open data for economic growth continues to create buzz in all circles. We wrote about it ourselves on this blog site earlier in the year. You can barely utter the phrase without somebody mentioning the McKinsey report and the $3 trillion open data...
IDC: Africa to attract more ICT investment in 2014
via tahawultech

Investments in ICT are expect to increase in 2014 in Africa as both public and private spending rises and local content businesses partner with larger operators and tech companies, according to IDC. Adoption of data analytics and cloud services is expected...
Analysis of the global telecoms industry in 2016
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The telecoms industry represents one of the most dynamic sectors in the world. Only 25 years ago 90% of all activities took place via telephone calls over fixed telephone lines. Now, within the broader ICT industry, telecoms is underpinning all of the...
Analysis of the Global Telecoms Industry In 2016
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The telecoms industry represents one of the most dynamic sectors in the world. Only 25 years ago 90% of all activities took place via telephone calls over fixed telephone lines. Now, within the broader ICT industry, telecoms is underpinning all of the...
Care of our common home: Defending commons lands
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“Defending Commons’ Land and ICCAs“, August 2016 CALG Bulletin. Land grabs often stem from speculation and illegal and unethical transfer of lands, small and large. Recent news from REPAM and church-indigenous partnerships to deal with the top priorities...

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Highlights from South Africa’s 12th Annual ICT Summit

The 12th Annual ICT Summit, a conference that brought together over 400 ICT executives and featured 20 influential speakers, took place on 21-23 November in East London in the Eastern Cape, with Convergence Partners as the main sponsor. The conference...
To Drive Down The Cost Of Data, South Africa Needs Shared And Open Access Infrastructure To Get More People Online

South Africans pay some of the highest rates for data in Africa, even as the country has one of the continent’s most competitive telecommunications sectors. Over the past few months, the #DataMustFall movement has seen consumers demanding for cheaper...
Hashching creates virtual ID system for first fully-digital loan approvals

Hashching, a website for home buyers to choose mortgage brokers, has built the first fully-digital process for home loan verification in Australia, which would allow banks to comply with strict regulations for identifying clients without having to send...
FibreCo poaches top Infraco executive

National fibre operator FibreCo Telecommunications has poached Broadband Infraco’s Sammy Mafu as its new business development executive. Mafu, who was chief marketing and sales officer at the state-owned Broadband Infaco, will be responsible for driving...
INDOI LTD and SEACOM work together to connect Mauritius to Africa and the rest of the world

IOX CABLE Ltd, a subsidiary of INDOI LTD, has signed a memorandum of understanding with SEACOM to build an undersea cable system – called IOX Cable System – connecting Africa and Mauritius. The US$150 million project will build the third independent...