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daily12008-09-26T06:30:00ZSouth Africa: Mobile a Serious Challenge for Internet Publishers http://africa.oneworld.net/news/news1 It was bad enough for web publishing when the challenge was to persuade marketers to move money from 'old fashioned' magazines and radio...No publisherkedar2007-12-05T09:07:34ZNews ItemMISA Zambia Statement on Elections in Zambia http://africa.oneworld.net/news/private-operators-to-manage-fibre-optic-network-in-uganda MISA statement on the media coverage of the just ended Presidential Bye Election in Zambia
No publishereditor2008-11-17T08:10:01ZNews ItemStones instead of PCs to collect Sierra Leone health data http://africa.oneworld.net/news/indian-ocean-islands-agree-a-scheme-to-connect-themselves-by-fibre A new health data system has been introduced to rural parts of Sierra Leone, where lack of electricity and widespread illiteracy has prevented authorities and UN agencies from collecting reliable data about infant mortality and other health indicators. The method: Counting stones.No publishereditor2008-11-17T07:57:25ZNews ItemCheaper international fibre prices in 2009 will put the squeeze on national backbone prices http://africa.oneworld.net/news/cheaper-international-fibre-prices-in-2009-will-put-the-squeeze-on-national-backbone-prices Africa’s operators say they cost their national backbone prices based on distance. The basis is that the further you want your traffic carried, the more it costs.No publisherkelvin2008-11-17T07:19:10ZPageGlobal financial crisis will impact Africa’s telecoms sector http://africa.oneworld.net/news/global-financial-crisis-will-impact-africa2019s-telecoms-sector Africa is bound to take a hit like every other continent and that hit will impact directly on Africa’s telecom’s sectorNo publisherkelvin2008-11-17T07:27:43ZNews ItemZambian Minister and International Gateway – When you’re in a hole, stop digging http://africa.oneworld.net/news/zambian-minister-and-international-gateway-2013-when-you2019re-in-a-hole-stop-digging The current monopoly gateway may itself be suffering from serial outages but the Minister seems to believe a single monopoly gateway makes her country more secureNo publisherkelvin2008-11-17T07:33:23ZNews ItemMobileActive 08: Mobile messaging for the masses – an idea whose time has come http://africa.oneworld.net/news/mobileactive-08-mobile-messaging-for-the-masses-2013-an-idea-whose-time-has-come Three hundred and eighty people gathered from all over the world in Johannesburg this week to discuss how mobile phones might be used for social and political purposes in developing countries.No publisherkelvin2008-11-17T07:37:48ZNews ItemCheaper international fibre prices in 2009 puts the squeeze on national backbone prices http://africa.oneworld.net/news/cheaper-international-fibre-prices-in-2009-puts-the-squeeze-on-national-backbone-prices Africa’s operators say they cost their national backbone prices based on distance. The basis is that the further you want your traffic carried, the more it costs. No publisherkelvin2009-02-05T07:35:29ZNews ItemThe Year of Living Dangerously – how to survive in a low growth world http://africa.oneworld.net/news/the-year-of-living-dangerously-2013-how-to-survive-in-a-low-growth-world Whilst Africa has as yet been largely untouched by the apocalyptic financial meltdown, everything is now connectedNo publisherkelvin2009-02-05T07:40:18ZNews ItemOWA urges Youths to be Human Rights Ambassadors http://africa.oneworld.net/news/owa-urges-youths-to-be-human-rights-ambassadors Human Rights, being at the centre of any society, play a vital role in maintaining law and order in a given countryNo publisherkelvin2009-02-05T07:44:18ZNews Item