Africa
See the following -
Firefox OS And Medic Mobile Use The Web To Connect The World To Healthcare
At Mozilla, we are dedicated to putting the power of the Web in people’s hands in support of our mission to promote openness, innovation and opportunity on the Web. We’re pleased to announce today that we’re partnering with Medic Mobile, a leader in mHealth solutions for developing countries, to take that mission to the world’s most remote and underserved communities.
- Login to post comments
Firefox OS Ecosystem To Expand To Africa With Support From New Partners
Mozilla, the mission-based organization dedicated to promoting openness, innovation and opportunity on the Web, is pleased to announce that Firefox OS will soon expand to Africa...
- Login to post comments
Forbes Africa: Africa's Top Startups - Ushahidi, Pesa Pal, Bongo Live
Forbes Africa recently published a list of the top twenty startups in Africa, in its February 2012 edition. Read More »
- Login to post comments
From Farming To Films: How The Web Is Changing Africa
Technology started to influence the way Africa develops in a big way with the introduction of GSM services in the late 1990s. A mobile revolution has positioned Africa as the fastest growing region on Earth for the telecoms industry, and with it has come a significant shift... Read More »
- Login to post comments
From iHub To The BRCK: How Ushahidi Became An African Success Story
If you’ve spent more than a minute in the African tech scene, you’ve probably heard of Ushahidi — and the Kenyan team behind the non-profit software didn’t stop with its crisis mapping, crowd sourcing service. It went on to create iHub, a space for Nairobi’s geeks and innovators to meet, collaborate and turn their ideas and code into the next wave of exciting startups. [...] Read More »
- Login to post comments
FrontlineSMS at 7: ActionAid In Kenya, Nepal And London
In the seventh and final post in our FrontlineSMSat7 series, our CEO Laura Walker Hudson highlights a FrontlineSMS use case that makes her happy – ActionAid’s award-winning, bi-continental pilots of FrontlineSMS in Africa and Europe. Read More »
- Login to post comments
FrontlineSMS Bring A Free, Innovative Solution To African Broadcasters
As TV and radio broadcast markets intensify across several liberalized African countries, broadcasters need to find solutions to create more interactive with their audiences and build loyalty among them. SMS is one of those. Read More »
- Login to post comments
FrontlineSMS V2.0: A Powerful Tool for Achieving Positive Social Change and Health Improvement in Developing Countries
Good news from the software sector: FrontlineSMS Version 2 is here at last! Two years in the making, the updated version is simpler, more intuitive, and easier to utilize. It also adapts more easily to individual needs and systems, and has already met an enthusiastic response from the SMS community. And with all it has to offer, the new software should prove a valuable contribution in the effort to achieve positive social change in developing countries around the world. Read More »
- Login to post comments
Frustrated Innovation
Africa is trending, if stories in the international media over the last year are anything to go by. And no story about "rising Africa"—many of us would argue it has "arisen"—is complete without mention of the role technology is playing in this transformation. Read More »
- Login to post comments
Gates Foundation Focuses $3bn Agro-Fund On Rich Countries, ‘Pushes GMO Agenda In Africa’
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gives the majority of its $3 billion in food and agricultural grants to rich Western countries, with critics accusing it of using its money to force a pro-GMO agenda on Africa, a recent report suggests...
- Login to post comments
Gates Foundation Spends Bulk Of Agriculture Grants In Rich Countries
Most of the $3bn (£1.8bn) that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given to benefit hungry people in the world’s poorest countries has been spent in the US, Britain and other rich countries, with only around 10% spent in Africa, new research suggests...
- Login to post comments
Getting In The Access Loop
Several times in the past few weeks, I have heard [regrets] from researchers in Africa who I have invited to participate in a webinar called “Getting in the Access Loop”—which explores how health research from Africa can have greater representation in journals, and therefore greater influence and impact. Read More »
- Login to post comments
Ghana’s ISPs Are Dying Out Because The Mobile Web Is Booming
Ghana boasts Africa’s highest penetration of mobile broadband, at 23% of the population in 2011, the latest year for which figures are available. That compares with just 7% in 2010. By contrast, fixed-broadband penetration stood at a negligible 0.3% in 2011, and that’s killing Ghana’s internet service providers (ISPs). Read More »
- Login to post comments
Google Planning Wireless Networks To Connect The Next 1B People - WSJ
According to reports, Google plans on building cellular networks in Africa and Asia to connect the next billion Internet users. Read More »
- Login to post comments
Google To Fund, Develop Wireless Networks In Emerging Markets
Google Inc. is deep into a multipronged effort to build and help run wireless networks in emerging markets as part of a plan to connect a billion or more new people to the Internet. Read More »
- Login to post comments