Promoting connectivity in rural Africa
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has presented the results of a Rural ICT Access Gap Study to the management of the Sierra Leone ICT regulator NATCOM and a number of key stakeholders, including the country’s mobile and fixed line operators.
Effective use of ICTs in Africa
The 5th annual e-Governance Africa Forum, attended by some 150 delegates from 20 countries spread across the world, particularly Africa, ended on 29 April in Yaounde, Cameroon, with both public and private sector stakeholders resolving to intensify all efforts to improve governance and service delivery through the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs).
eLearning Africa conference
The largest pan-African conference about Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development, Education and Training, eLearning Africa, will take place from 25 to 27 May in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Increasing connectivity in rural Africa
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has begun accepting presentation proposals for the 6th annual Connecting Rural Communities Africa (CRC) 2011 Forum,
CTO e-Gov Africa Forum
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) is currently preparing for the 5th Annual e-Gov Africa Forum, which takes place in Yaounde, Cameroon from 26 to 28 April.
Cameroon addresses its telecoms fund
Fifty delegates from a broad spectrum of stakeholders in Cameroon engaged in managing the country's nascent Universal Service Fund (ie. the Special Fund for Telecommunications) recently attended a three-day workshop coordinated by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO).
CTO extends rural ICT developmental agenda to Southern Sudan
As part of its mandate to ensure that no community is left out in the international campaign to provide universal access to information and communication technologies and services
Namibian ICT developments
A new structural expansion of Namibia’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) will be effected to strengthen government’s capacity to promote information and communication technology in the country.
Seacom connects Ethiopia
Seacom, the privately funded and over three-quarter African-owned submarine fibre optic cable system, has been awarded an agreement to supply Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC)
African governments focus on ICTs
On 23 March in Maputo, African leaders in ICT (Information and Communication Technology) development joined some 130 stakeholders at the 4th annual e-Governance Africa Forum...
























