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Tim Berners-Lee in Africa: Web Foundation Announces 2 New Projects
Written by Richard MacManus / November 16, 2009 1:48 AM / 5 Comments

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Web, has embarked on a trip through Africa on behalf of

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Google Launches SMS-Based Services for Africa
Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 29, 2009 9:01 AM / 5 Comments

Google today announced a number of SMS-based services for the African market. Google SMS provides access to information

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Mobile Phones to Serve as Doctors in Developing Countries
Written by Sarah Perez / February 20, 2009 7:31 AM / 14 Comments

"There are 2.2 billion mobile phones in the developing world, 305 million computers but only 11 million hospital

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Africans and Their Mobiles, Part 1: Numbers and Usage Patterns
Written by Jason Harris / October 24, 2008 6:00 PM / 16 Comments

This post is the first in a two-part series about 1) the African mobile marketplace and how Africans

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Social Media in Africa, Part 3: Democracy
Written by Jonathan Gosier / October 12, 2008 11:30 PM / 4 Comments

Traditionally, the greatest power that governments have held over their people has been information. The promise that connectivity

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Social Media in Africa, Part 2: Mobile Innovations
Written by Jonathan Gosier / October 5, 2008 1:32 AM / 2 Comments

In Amsterdam the social media technology conference PICNIC2008 wrapped up last week after devoting an entire day of

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Social Media in Africa, Part 1
Written by Jonathan Gosier / October 3, 2008 1:13 AM / 18 Comments

Contrary to popular belief, Africa is not completely absent from the Internet. In fact, the continent at large

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African Social Media Tracker Afrigator Gets Acquired
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / September 5, 2008 10:28 AM / 11 Comments

Afrigator, a multimedia meme tracking site aggregating African blogs, podcasts and video, has been acquired by South African

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