Technology & Science

Kenya: Mastercard Opens Regional Office in Nairobi

[Capital FM]
Nairobi, Kenya -
MasterCard Worldwide has opened its regional headquarters in Nairobi, the fifth such office in Africa.

Namibia: Education Should Embrace ICT

[New Era]
Omuthiya -
The Chairperson of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT), Dr Moses Amweelo, has stressed the need for the use of ICT in the education sector.

Namibia: PM Tongue-Lashes CRAN

[New Era]
Windhoek -
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) received a tongue-lashing from Prime Minister Nahas Angula for not speeding up the 4G fourth generation licence to MTC.

Nigeria: Aggrieved Workers Threaten to Shut Down MTN Call Centres

[Daily Trust]

Some aggrieved workers of the MTN call centre in Jos, have threatened to shut down the facilities over alleged “exploitation” by the management of the local station.

Nigeria: NEPAD, French Agency Sign ICT Devt Grant

[This Day]

The New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD) has signed a Grant Facility Agreement (GFA) with the French Development Agency (AFD), towards investing in the development of an Information, Communication…

Uganda: More Hope Than Fear With SIM Registration

[Independent]

Companies hope their wide networks and tech-savvy will prevent subscriber haemorrhage

South Africa: Tweet Zuma the State of Your Nation

[SA Info]

President Jacob Zuma will once more be using social networking – this time including Twitter – to find out what’s on South Africans’ minds ahead of this week’s State of the Nation Address.

Nigeria: Insecurity – Surveyor General Canvases Geo-Informatics Technology

[This Day]

Surveyor General of the Federation, Professor Peter Nwilo, at the weekend urged the federal government to deploy geographic informatics technology in tackling the growing security challenges across the coun…

Zimbabwe: Leveragng On ICT in Education, Training

[Financial Gazette]

In continuing with the discussion on the major issues to mediate the business environment in 2012, I highlighted in my seminal article that Zimbabwe continues to make inroads in the use of informat…

Eritrea: Creative and Innovative Youths Hold Exhibition

[Shabait]
Asmara -
A 3-day exhibition by creative and innovative youths opened at the Gallery here in the capital focusing on information technology and energy.