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Africa banking on mobile to be first post-PC continent Projects driving online penetration are focused more on mobile devices than on PCs Rebecca Wanjiku 06 April, 2011 02:13 A convergence of historical circumstance and an increase in innovative mobile applications may make Africa the first post-PC continent. Low investment in wired telecommunication infrastructure has driven [...]

This article first appeared in the Daily Nation of January 3rd, 2030. By JOE MUCHERUPosted Monday, January 3 2011 at 18:00 In Summary Among other areas, advertisers will take advantage of direct link between offline events and subsequent surge in online search In light of the mushrooming ICT evolution and innovation experienced in Kenya over the past two years, as [...]

OUTSOURCING TO AFRICA: A Relative Ranking of 15 Country Locations This is a Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) study of 15 countries resulting in a ranking of their relative readiness. Criteria used include infrastructure, people/skills and business environment. Below is an extract from the report from the report’s overview: “Egypt turns out as the most attractive [...]

By Prof. Timothy Mwololo Waema Executive Summary (See full report at: 2007-kenya-telecoms-sector-performance-review) This report reviews the status of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in Kenya in 2006. The report of the study is an update of a similar review carried out in 2003, which covered the period 1999 to 2003. This earlier review [...]