The cutting edge from CES!
Last weekend, I attended the annual Consumer Electronics(CES) show in Las Vegas. For those that don’t know, this is the…
Simple Mobile Services – Big Impact!
We all know how popular and widespread mobile phones have become in Africa, Tanzania in particular. However innovative mobile services…
Memes and Social Media
On this TED Talk, Alexis Ohanian (filmed November 2009) shows how Internet trends can essentially affect consumer demand. His presentation…
Web Hosting for the Masses – TZ Style
I recently discovered www.tovutiyangu.com by mistake through a random google search. On the surface, it just seems like one more…
iA: Information Architecture
Web design firm iA (or Information Architecture) is using some innovative ways to map out internet activity. iA’s Web Trend…
Mobile Technologies and NGOs
A partnership between the United Nations Foundation and the Vodafone Group Foundation recently released a report titled “Wireless Technology for…
Facebook driving online traffic in Africa
ICTworks reports that Facebook is boosting Internet traffic in Africa. Many marketing and technology experts at ICT companies are finding…
cash4africa
Cash4Africa is a money transfer service operating in Africa. It is a subsidiary of Roraima Financial Services (RFS) based out…
HBS Ideacast: Design Thinking
Innovations today do not just involve a good idea for how to do something more efficiently than before. They involve…
OnlineAfrica
Provides news on Africa’s internet growth. Entrepreneurs planning projects related to ICTs are highly recommended to follow OnlineAfrica. Connect:OnlineAfrica websiteOnlineAfrica…
We are growing, yet shrinking
An interesting video on general technological growth statistics. This may be useful in the consideration and/or planning of tech-based ventures….
Computers, Business and Optimism in Uganda
Computers and the Internet are becoming more accessible in Uganda. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard…
Mobile phone banking in East Africa
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) has an interesting discussion on the merits of Kenyan-based cell phone banking…