A dispute over the award of the management of .africa delays its launch The launch of the .africa generic top-level domain (gTLD), sponsored by the African Union, will have to wait until the resolution of a legal dispute over how the management of the domain was awarded. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers …
NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Satellite ultra-broadband in Europe & Africa http://www.reportlinker.com/p01029508/Satellite-ultra-broadband-in-Europe–Africa.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Broadband In this report, IDATE identifies the latest developments and major trends in the broadband and ultra-fast broadband markets. After a detailed analysis of the various terrestrial networks …
Fibre-tapping, which involves bending fibre-optic cables and using hi-tech means to access light they emit to steal data, has reportedly been used by UK and US spy agencies. But experts are divided about whether fibre-tapping is a threat in Africa. Earlier this year, it was reported in the UK that spy agency, the Government Communications …
Technology is South Africa’s biggest area of economic underperformance, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs. The report, entitled ‘Two Decades of Freedom’, highlights South Africa’s achievements since the establishment of democracy in 1994 and the challenges the country still faces. Though it said South Africa has made significant advancements in the last 20 …
The African IGF is a growing initiative, but its management and consequently planning and relationship with host countries will be a tight to walk if the Africa union related bodies fail to follow the laid out protocols. Africa holds its 2nd Internet Governance Forum, but will it achieve its desired goals Who should control the …
Ministers from six African countries have come to an agreement to accelerate broadband access across Sub-Saharan Africa. Government ministers from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia met during the weekend in Botswana to discuss general points for consideration to expand internet access across the countries. Nonofo E Molefhi, minister of transport and communication for …
Chief Executive Officer of Signal Alliance, Mr. Collins Onuegbu, has predicted that Nigeria will be among the top 10 countries of the world in internet usage and penetration in few years’ time. Onuegbu, whose company specialises in software development and service delivery, gave the prediction in Lagos at a forum organised by Signal Alliance to …
Africa lags far behind most continents in the world regarding internet speeds, says a report from website monitoring firm Pingdom. The report – which has been compiled using data from from the quarterly State of the Internet report by Akamai – says Europe ranks first in the world with an average internet peak connection speed …