ICT Access and Usage in Africa
In a couple of recent posts, I have mentioned the percentage of disposable income spent by Africans on mobile communication. While I have posted links to the research, I think it is worth singling out…
Mobiles in Africa – We Need The Eggs
At the end of the movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen says, this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, ‘Doc, uh, my brother’s crazy, he thinks he’s a chicken,’ and uh, the doctor says, ‘well…
SMS Costs in Africa – 2008
Courtesy of the ITU’s Measuring the Information Society Report, here is a list of SMS charges in thirty-eight African countries. The costs are listed in U.S. dollars and in Purchasing Power Parity dollars. Interesting to…
African Undersea Cable Update – WACS
It’s looks as though the West African Cable System (WACS) has passed from the realm of the press release into something more concrete. A consortium of telcos signed a construction and maintenance agreement yesterday (8…
Municipal Broadband Investment in South Africa
There’s an interesting AFP article on the city of Johannesburg’s 1 billion Rand (~105 million USD) contract with Ericsson to deliver municipal broadband infrastructure. In it they quote an anonymous “telecoms expert” who says: …that…