Monday, March 31, 2014
African Women To Watch - ICT
March 2014 - Uche Okoronkwo meets two pioneers leading the ICT sector in Kenya.
Juliana Rotich is the founder Ushahidi, a crowdsourcing initiative launched during Kenya's
post-election violence in 2008. She discusses the challenges encountered on her way to
success and talk about the new technologies she is currently working on. Sophia Bekele,
Dot Connect Africa Founder and well known authority on the internet and global technology
explains how she is trying to establish a "www.africa" domain name through the Dot Connect
Africa campaign.
Rwanda: Africa's Future ICT Hub?
March 24 - Rwanda's economy is expected to grow 7.5 percent in 2014 driven by
major infrastructure development projects and the country's focus on making it
easier for businesses to set up shop. Eleni Giokos sat down with Rwanda
Development Board CEO Valentine Rugwabiza for more
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Facebook buying WhatsApp for $16bn
Facebook has announced that it is going to buy the mobile instant messaging
service WhatsApp for $16bn (£9.6bn) in cash and stock.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Techno Students
Are you a student of internet technology who loves to code? Do you have a great idea for a great mobile application? University students across Africa are participating in an apps competition. Africa 54's Paul Ndiho recently visited with a group of talented app developers at Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda.
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