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Freitag, 22.11.2024
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  • 34% of Africans think voting is always fair

    Only 34% of Africans think that votes are "always" counted fairly, according to the Afrobarometer reportreleased in September 2016. However, electronic voting in Namibia in 2014 has had a positive effect on fairness perception among voters in that country.

    Several African countries have been battling with the idea of having full electronic voting. Countries like Kenya, Ghana and Senegal have introduced the use of electronic systems in voter registration, voter identification and electronic relay of vote tallies, but not fully implemented digital voting.

  • Viva Senegal: How this West African nation became Africa's quiet high-tech titan

    At an average of 10% of GDP, Senegal’s ICT investments easily beats South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, and the world average

    All too often conversations on the digital scene in Africa look to the East - focusing on the gains being made in Rwanda and Kenya in particular.

    When they do go West, Nigeria takes precedence because of the sheer size of the country’s economy and population, dwarfing the remarkable progress made by (Francophone) Senegal, which is not fully acknowledged in both the dominant regional and international technology press that is written in English.

  • ICT helps combat illiteracy in Senegal

    Close to 60% of women in Senegal are illiterate, according to UNESCO figures. Successive administrations of Senegal – from Senghor to Diouf via Wade and now Macky Sall – have long wondered how in heaven’s name they can reverse this sad state of affairs, and help these unfortunate women regain their dignity.

    However, the Gods of technology have heard Mariam Thiam’s prayers and have responded. Thiam (40), mother of five and involved in a polygamous marriage, has lived to tell the tale of being able to now read – though gradually – the SMSes coming through her cellphone thanks to the National Literacy Programme for Youth and Adults Based on ICTs (PNEBJA-TIC in its French acronym).

  • Regierung Senegals setzt auf Open Source

    Die NetworkWorld berichtet, daß die staatliche IT-Behörde von Senegal aus Kostengrunden Open-Source-Software (OSS) einsetzen will.

    Mit diesem Schritt will die Behörde in erster Linie vermeiden, unbezahlbar teure Lizenzen für proprietäre Software erwerben zu müssen. Vertreter der Regierung haben laut NetworkWorld erklärt, daß sich Senegal als unterentwickeltes Land sieht, das nicht über genug Mittel zur Anschaffung von Softwarelizenzen besitzt. Mit Open-Source-Software (OSS) entfällt dieses Problem.

  • Senegal’s national digital strategy in spotlight at ICT forum

    Senegal’s national digital strategy is expected to be discussed at a high-level ICT forum due to take place on Thursday 22 January 2015 at the King Fahd Palace in the capital Dakar.

    The event is themed ‘digital transformation, a source of growth and competitiveness for Senegal’.

  • Singer Akon Plans $6 Billion Futuristic City In Senegal

    Senegalese-born American singer Akon is planning to build a smart city in Senegal. The project, which is estimated to cost about $6 billion, will be built on a 2,000-acre futuristic metropolis. The smart city, called “Real-Life” Wakanda, will contain an artificial-intelligence data center, a stadium, a hospital, offices, condos, and a luxury resort. Residents in the city will be paying for any service via the singer’s cryptocurrency called Akoin.

    The project will be heavily funded by a Kenyan entrepreneur who has had a history of the alleged fraud.

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