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Afrika / Africa

  • Zambia: President Rupiah Banda urges Africa to utilise ICTs

    President Rupiah Banda has called on African countries to adopt and use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to create wealth and improve their citizens’ lives.

    President Banda said the exchange of and access to information and knowledge through the use of ICTs has contributed to development of many countries in Africa .

    He said ICTs have the potential to bridge the gap between the poor and the rich nations in the world, adding that it would be to the advantage of the African countries to embrace the ICTs in their quest to develop further.

  • Zentralafrika: Breitband kostet drei Jahresgehälter

    "Mobiltelefonie und Internet haben das Leben in Afrika revolutioniert"

    Der Zugang zu Breitbandtechnologien ist in afrikanischen Ländern am teuersten. Verglichen mit dem Einkommen kostet ein Monat Breitband laut aktuellen UN-Zahlen in der Zentralafrikanischen Republik mehr als drei durchschnittliche Jahresgehälter. Mit Äthiopien, Malawi, Guinea und Niger führen weitere afrikanische Staaten die Liste an. Zum Vergleich: In den USA müssen Leute gerade einmal 0,5 Prozent ihres Monatsgehalts für einen Breitbandzugang ausgeben. In den meisten europäischen Ländern liegen die Kosten nur unweit höher.

  • ZW: 'Let's produce our own ICTs'

    Zimbabwe and other African countries have been challenged to scale up innovative abilities to produce their own information communication technologies (ICTs) and desist from relying on products mostly tailor made for some continents.

    Addressing local and international delegates to the 5th International Conference on ICTs for Africa in Harare, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara said the continent is tired of being consumers of ICT products from the developed countries, adding that ways should be sought for Africa to be actively involved in the production of ICT materials.

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