He's only three months into the job, but a passion for education is what led Nick Hutton to his role as CEO of U21 Global, an educational institution focusing on graduate studies that operates on a 100 percent online environment. read more »
By Michael Malakata , IDG News Service\Lusaka Bureau 22 Jul, 2008
The Rwandan government is moving to digitalize primary and secondary school curriculums based on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) plan, which aims to provide each student with a laptop computer. read more »
By Edris Kisambira, IDG News Service\Kampala Bureau 15 Jul, 2008
Standard Chartered Bank Uganda has launched an online product to enable customers to receive their monthly bank statements by e-mail, an alternative to paper statements delivered by the postal service. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, IDG News Service\Nairobi Bureau 15 Jul, 2008
In a move aimed at maintaining relevance and influence in the South African market, Microsoft South Africa has renewed its free software commitment to schools at a cost of 750 million rand (US$98.2 million). read more »
By Linda Rosencrance, Computerworld (US) 14 Jul, 2008
A federal judge ruled that eBay Inc. has fulfilled its obligation to investigate and control sellers trying to sell counterfeit Tiffany & Co. goods on its Web site. read more »
By Michael Malakata , IDG News Service\Lusaka Bureau 10 Jul, 2008
The Mozambican government has entered into an agreement with Sahara Computers, a South African manufacturing company, to set up a computer assembly plant in Mozambique for US$1 million. read more »
By Michael Malakata , IDG News Service\Lusaka Bureau 7 Jul, 2008
The production of mobile-phone handsets by a Malaysian manufacturing company in Zambia will start in August, according to a company official. read more »
In Johannesburg (or Jozi), street lights work and are obeyed; the computerized system has cracked down on all errant motorist until they have all towed the line. I even commented to a friend that we need such a computerized system in Kenya, but we have to get rid of the thugs who carjack motorists at night before we can obey lights at night. read more »
