Technology

Africa: Helen Clark – Remarks At the Launch of the UNDP Africa Human Development Report 2012 – AllAfrica.com

Latest estimates suggest that more than fifteen million people across Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali … insurance has been made more accessible through innovative uses of mobile phone technology, and is helping smallholder farmers protect themselves …

Sierra Leone league suspended at halfway stage – sierraexpressmedia.com

The news comes as the country’s national team makes gains in the Fifa rankings, moving above the likes of Nigeria, Cameroon, and South Africa … league because the board had named it after a mobile phone company before approaching them.

MTN leads the West Africa Cable System launched in Cape Town – TMCnet

Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Canary Island, Portugal, and the PoP in London. Alongside the MTN Group Ltd, the WACS Consortium members include Angola Cables; Broadband Infraco; Cable&Wireless Worldwide; Congo Telecom …

West Africa cable launch to boost MTN’s market in Africa – IDG NEWS

… parties are Telkom (South Africa), Telecom Namibia (Namibia), Angola Cables (Angola), OCPT (DR Congo), Congo Telecom (Congo), MTN (Cameroon), MTN (Nigeria), Togo Telecom (Togo), MTN (Ghana), MTN (Ivory Coast), PTC (Cape Verde), Vodacom Group (Canary …

The Sierra Leone league is suspended at halfway stage – BBC News

The news comes as the country’s national team makes gains in the Fifa rankings, moving above the likes of Nigeria, Cameroon and South Africa … league because the board had named it after a mobile phone company before approaching them.

Nigeria, Cameroon to beacon boundary by year-end – Businessday Online

Dr Mohammed Ahmed, the Director General of National Boundary Commission (NBC), has said that Nigeria and Cameroon are taking final steps to beacon their boundary in 2012. Speaking in Abuja, on Sunday, Ahmed said that the commission had made appreciable … Continue reading

MTN, Vodacom Consortium Launches W Africa Undersea Data Cable – 4-traders (press release)

and telecommunications companies in the countries where the cable stops along the way, such as Angola and Namibia. The cable cost $650 million to build and MTN said it spent about $90 million plus investments in building facilities in Cameroon, … Continue reading

Wacs sets stage for growth – ITWeb

The cable, supplied by the submarine networks arm of international telecoms firm Alcatel-Lucent, connects SA to the UK, with landings in Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana …

Teraco launches Africa Cloud eXchange – ITWeb

Aidan Baigrie, Head of Business Development at SEACOM, says broadband connectivity will be one of the major spurs to the growth of African economies over the next decade, but there is still plenty of work to be done in building … Continue reading

CallEthiopia.com Announces Lower Rates for Text Messages to Ethiopia and Other Destinations – PR-USA.net

Other destinations the good news applies to are Liberia, Ecuador, Uganda (from 10ў/SMS to 5ў), Cameroon (from 7ў/SMS to 4ў … a multinational telecommunications company registered in 2002 in USA. KeepCalling services are available worldwide from …