GLO-1 Added to Undersea Cables
Based on a recent flurry of news items on the GLO-1 undersea cable, I have added it to the Africa Undersea Cables Map. Apparently, the cable is already laid as far as Nouakchott, Mauritania and…
Digital Native Uprising
There was a bit of a buzz in the news this week about Don Tapscott’s new book “Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing the World“. If you’re a bit of a podcast…
Using Constraint to Design for Innovation
Ethan Zuckerman has been writing about Innovating from Constraint in which he offers seven rules that “appear to help explain how (some) developing world innovation proceeds”. This post was riffed on beautifully by Design in…
WiFi on Steroids Approved in U.S.
November 4th was truly a good news day in the United States. Not only did the American people elect a leader who will hopefully begin to heal the damage done by 8 years of the…
South Africa Connect Launches
With support from the Shuttleworth Foundation, a new blog on South African ICT policy has been launched by the Edge Institute and Research ICT AFrica. The South Africa Connect blog: aims to stimulate debate and…