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Blackouts Hurt Africa's Tech Progress

Power outages, caused in part by receding water in hydroelectric dams, are threatening to derail Africa's technological progress. South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana and countries within the Sahara desert ...

From REBECCA WANJIKU, NetworkWorld,  2 Nov 2009

Root zone changes may shake up Net in Africa

The stability of the Internet is likely to be shaken next year, especially in emerging economies such as African countries, as ICANN deals with the introduction of changes to the root zone. The root zone is at the apex of the Domain Name System (DNS) ...

From REBECCA WANJIKU, ComputerWorld,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: University of Southern California

ICANN to move toward Internationalized Domain Names

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers appears poised to move forward on allowing Internationalized Domain Names, with a vote on the matter set for Friday at the organization's meeting in Seoul. For the last five years, ICANN has come ...

From REBECCA WANJIKU, ComputerWorld,  27 Oct 2009

Soulco takes over Siemens Enterprise in East Africa

Soulco Kenya officially took over the operations of Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEC) in East Africa on Thursday. The enterprise solutions provider plans to spend 20 million Kenyan shillings (US$279,916) to upgrade the office, which will serve ...

From REBECCA WANJIKU , IDG, The New York Times,  7 Oct 2008

Computer Aid challenges UK government on toxic trade

International development charity Computer Aid International has challenged the U.K. government to take action to prevent e-waste from being illegally exported and dumped in countries like Ghana, Nigeria and China. Computer Aid wants the U.K. ...

From REBECCA WANJIKU , IDG, The New York Times,  24 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Environment Agency

LG invests $50 million in East Africa

South Korean electronics and home appliance manufacturer LG has invested US$50 million in East Africa in order to gain a foothold in the market for its mobile-phone handsets. The investment will be used to import a range of premium mobile handsets, ...

From REBECCA WANJIKU , IDG, The New York Times,  24 Sep 2008

Kenyan bloggers on Kenya's most famous son

Kenya's most famous son! Great day for Kenya! Duel of the century! These were some of the headlines that Kenyan newspapers ran a day after Barrack Obama clinched the Democratic Party nomination. The electronic media also kicked into a frenzy, asking ...

From REBECCA WANJIKU, Global Voices Online,  10 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George W. Bush,  White House,  John McCain

Kenya Back to Normal

It is funny how life can turn around. A country that was tilting on the edge and threatening to follow the legacy of Africa's failed states, is now back to full life and life is back to normal. Residents of Nairobi, who were adverseries and concerned ...

From REBECCA WANJIKU, Global Voices Online,  27 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Raila Odinga

Kenya: Thank you Annan and team

After the deal was announced, a caller to a local radio station was ecstatic and invited Kofi Annan and team to “nyama choma” (barbeque), another caller offered him two beers and another pronounced that Annan was the best angel God had sent to the ...

From REBECCA WANJIKU, Global Voices Online,  29 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Kofi Annan,  Raila Odinga,  Mwai Kibaki,  Benjamin Mkapa,  United Nations

Kenya: Dear Kofi Annan…

Kofi Annan is an undisputed mediator and a peace maker. When the party leaders in Kenya started hiding behind the constitution to derail the talks, Annan declared that the constititution will not be used to deny Kenyans peace. Yes, the contentious post ...

From REBECCA WANJIKU, Global Voices Online,  28 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Kofi Annan,  Raila Odinga,  Mwai Kibaki

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