By Steve Song, on June 19th, 2009

This entry is part of a series, What Google Should Do In Africa»
This is an introduction to a series of posts on what I think Google ought to be doing in Africa, that is to say what I think they ought to be doing outside of their core business of selling advertising. Why [...]
By Steve Song, on January 9th, 2009

Imagine an alternative history. Imagine that in 1995, when Microsoft launched their walled-garden MSN service, which they fully expected would, for all intents and purposes, put the Internet out of business, imagine that they succeeded.
So today when you connected to the network, you connected to MSN’s custom portal which showed you all the sites that [...]
By Steve Song, on October 31st, 2008

Minister Matsepe-Casaburri courtesy kjd
Here in South Africa, Justice Norman Davis has denied Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburi’s request to appeal the Altech ruling. This once again opens the doors to competition in the telecoms sector in South Africa. The Minister can still appeal to the Supreme Court but let us hope that she takes good advice [...]
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