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WOZA - Free Professional Website for Entrepreneurs in SA

Google in partnership with the SA Dept. of Trade & Industry, Vodacom, and the Human Resources Development Council of South Africa (HRDCSA) announced a free website service to entrepreneurs in SA. Service includes Free easy-to-build and maintain, professional website, free matching mobile website, free website hosting, free.co.za domain name for one year for the first 10,000 participants, training and support.

6th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training,

eLearning Africa, 6th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, May 25 - 27, 2011, Mlimani City Conference Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Organisers: ICWE GmbH, www.icwe.net, Government of the Republic of Tanzania,
Contact: ICWE GmbH, Ms Katharina Goetze, info@elearning-africa.com, www.eLearning-africa.com
Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0

Press Contact
ICWE GmbH
Beate Timmer and Andrea Marshall
Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0, press-service@icwe.net

eLearning Africa 2011

Nairobi, Kenya. eLearning Africa today launched the Scholarship Trust EAST, a not for profit organisation designed to enhance knowledge sharing and to promote awareness of the benefits of technology-assisted learning and training across Africa. eLearning Africa is the largest pan-African conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development, Education and Training.
EAST builds on the previous eLearning Africa bursary programme. It offers scholarships to low-income, disadvantaged education professionals to help them take advantage of the networks, resources and conferences of eLearning Africa.

Press Release: HP and Clinton Health Access Initiative Partner to Accelerate Early Infant Diagnosis

HP on November 30, 2010, announced an alliance with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) that will provide structural and systemic improvements in testing and treating more than 120,000 infants exposed to HIV in Kenya each year...HP is providing technology that will capture, manage and return early infant diagnosis (EID) HIV test results in just one to two days after results are ready – a significant improvement from the previous paper-based system, which took two to three months...

Press Release:The Sexual Exploitation of Children is Everybody’s Business

In South Africa an estimated 30 000 children under the age of 18 are said to be victims of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC). With roughly 20 million children in this age bracket, South Africa presents a fertile ground for a booming child sex industry. Even more shocking is that many victims are children between the ages of 10 and 14 years old. Ultimately, every member of the public who chooses to turn a blind eye is just as guilty of failing to protect children as those who actively engage in child abuse and exploitation.
Read the complete press release by Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) by clicking the link below.

Coalition fights airline cellphone ban

According to reports by USA Today, a coalition of electronics manufacturers, phone service providers and consumer groups is attempting to rally airline passengers to stop US Congress from banning air-to-ground pone services.

eLearning Africa Conference shows how ICTs empower education in Africa

With the aid of extracting examples from sixty countries, the fourth eLearning Africa conference will demonstrate how Information and Communication Technologies are currently assisting African countries to reach the Millennium Goal of education for all. This is Africa’s largest event for learning technologies.

Internet to speak Arabic

A decision made by the -based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to bring the exclusive use of Latin characters for website addresses to an end led to the introduction of the first Arabic domain. This would result in easier Internet access to millions of Arabic speakers globally.

AIDS free generation within grasp

An AIDS free generation is finally within grasp after KwaZulu-Natal managed to slashed mother to child transmission from two thirds - to seven percent - after introducing 'dual therapy'.

Greenpeace urges Obama

Greenpeace is sending a message to the president calling for stronger climate leadership, with banners, placards and posters
saying: "YOU WON IT, NOW EARN IT".

Farming in the heart of Joburg

The Siyakhana Food Garden Project in Bezuidenhout Valley Park has transformed a dumpsite into a food garden which provides fresh vegetables to children and HIV positive people.

Farming in the heart of Joburg

The Siyakhana Food Garden Project in Bezuidenhout Valley Park has transformed a dumpsite into a food garden which provides fresh vegetables to children and HIV positive people.

NCCE commend US and German NGOs

Mr. Larri Bimi, the Chairman of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) commended the support given by the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) of Germany and the Centre for Civic Education of USA for contributing to the civic empowerment of Ghanaian youth.

Clearing m-health hurdles

Due to the lack of suitably qualified doctors and specialists, the demand for ICT-assisted healthcare solutions such as mobile health (m-health) is growing rapidly in developing countries.

Health ministry urges NGOs to educate youth on hazardous effects of tobacco

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has urged the Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), Coalition of NGOs in Tobacco Control (CNTC), as well as the Media Alliance in Tobacco Control (MATCO), to educate the youth on the hazardous effects of tobacco use and exposure.

Troubled Chad moving to a calmer place

Chad has been long burdened with violence and poverty, but now seems to be entering a calmer phase whereby it may focus on development. According to a U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Chad, Michele Falavigna, there appears to be positive signs on the horizon.

Informal settlement turns to sun for power

In an attempt to deal with the huge increases in electricity, the residents living in a low income informal settlement in Kuyasa in the Khayelitsha Township have turned to the sun to provide them with their heating needs.

British tourists raise funds for NGO

Alan Wells, aged 25 and Ian Mowbray-Williams, aged 24, are two British tourists traveling by bicycle from London to other corners of the globe in an attempt to raise funds for an international non-governmental organization called Childreach International.

NGO urges Government to increase budget allocation to water and sanitation sectors

Grass Roots Africa is a non-governmental organization and one of the stakeholders in Water and Sanitation. They have called on government to increase the budgetary allocation to this sector from 0.5 per cent to 1.5 percent for the next six years.

African Human Rights Activist, Kumi Naidoo, is new Green Peace International executive director

On becoming Greenpeace International Executive Director, prominent human rights activist Dr. Kumi Naidoo today warned world leaders that there can be no excuse for not attending the upcoming UN Copenhagen Climate Summit and agreeing a fair, ambitious and binding treaty to save the climate.

Harnessing the World Cup to change childrens' lives

The boys and girls living in the Alexandra township, form part of one of the projects that are using the power of football to assist disadvantaged children overcome social problems.

NGO issues ultimatum to transport union

The Ghana Association of Passengers (GHANAPAS) is a non-governmental organisation seeking to ensure sanity in the public transport system, placing heavy emphasis on commuters’ safety, comfort and other interests.

Mobile phone use soars in Africa

According to a report released by the United Nations, mobile phones use is expanding and growing faster in Africa when compared to the rest of the globe, however, Internet connections are still lagging behind.

You cannot tell me you'll kill me because I'm Gay

The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a "gay" way, if a new proposed Bill becomes law.

Funding retreat a threat to HIV achievements - MSF

A retreat from international funding commitments for AIDS threatens to undermine the dramatic gains made in reducing AIDS-related illness and death in recent years, according to a new report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Social Networks and kids: How young is too young?

Social websites like Facebook require users to at least be 13 years old, but there is no way that they can enforce it.

Mobile Novel a hit with SA youth

Africa’s first dual – language mobile novel has grabbed the attention of tech-savvy youth.

No Blue Umbrella

Millions have been spent but all goverment has to show for its broadband project is a business plan

Biodegradable Product Exhibition

The Ghanaian NGO, Africa2Green, on Friday mounted an exhibition of biodegradable products in Accra, with the hope of replacing non-biodegradable and toxic-disposable merchandise.

Zain Kenya applies for 3G License

Zain’s Kenyan subsidiary has applied to buy a 3G license from the telecoms regulator, making it the second operator in the country, after Safaricom, to hold a 3G license.

African States to grow drought resistant crops

Famine as well as the increase in the price of food, due to scarcity, has been brought on by the lack of drought resistant crops in Africa.

Farmers unite against effects of climate change

Farmers in Benin are putting their own research findings into practice in an attempt to boost the fertility of the soil and the moisture retention of their plots.

NGO supports 72 HIV/AIDS victims in rural areas

The non governmental organisation Mairuga Memorial Association in Faskari, Katsina has provided support to seventy-two HIV/AIDS victims in the area.

World Food Day 2009

World Food Day 2009 was held on 16 October with the theme this year known as “Achieving Food Security in times of Crisis”; this highlights the current global hunger and decrease in food aid.

EASSY submarine cable is on track

Neotel has announced the construction of the East African Submarine Cable (EASSy), one of four undersea cables in which the first converged network operator is involved, is still on track.

Telemedia develops Telemigrants for industry developelopment

An innovative pilot program – Telemigrants Mali – designed to provide high speed Internet connectivity between villages based in Montreuil in Paris, has been launched by the Telemedia group.

NGO hands over rescued children

Challenging Heights operating in Winneba, Ghana; is the Ngo responsible for rescuing twenty-one children, aged between eight and seventeen, from child labour in various fishing villages along the Volta Lake.

POP does good at Goedgedacht

Situated on the rise of the Kasteelberg, North West of Cape Town is Goedgedacht Farm: home of Path Out of Poverty (POP), an NGO which has been in operation since 1998.

UN rewards Alex renewal project

UN rewards Alex renewal project
Alexandra is one of South Africa’s most densely populated townships and a project that’s uplifting the living conditions of this community has received a prestigious award from the United Nations.

ITU encourages national school-based community broadband plan

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon endorses ITU Connect a School, Connect a Community initiative to bring ICT access to disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

Goldfields inspires innovative thinking in young minds

The youth entrepreneurship programme, also known as ‘The Gold Fields Innovation Camp: 2009 Business Challenge’ was sponsored by Goldfields Ghana Limited through the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation.

NGO calls for useful policy on Bio fuels

Action Aid Tanzania is an international NGO devoted to eradicating poverty, injustice and inequality in communities noted that a policy to govern and monitor the development of the bio-fuel sector should engage the communities that are most likely to be affected by the new venture.

4.6 Billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2009

Latest ITU statistics reveal a thriving global ICT industry, driven by the mobile sector, but also highlight the digital divide.

R1 bn spent on innovation

Over the last 10 years the Innovation Fund has invested over R1.2 billion in projects. Despite this, ICT funding still lags behind other sectors, and the fund struggles to translate technological excellence so that the wider economy can benefit.

Turning Junk Mail into Art

Barbara Hashimoto, a US born Japanese-trained artist, has taken one of life’s most annoying forms of junk and transformed it into art.

300 Young Visionaries to gather in Geneva for ITU World 2009

Six-day Youth Forum enables students from around the world to debate global ICT issues with industry leaders and policy makers.

NGO expands international empowerment plan for women

AFFIRM Consulting Training and Coaching Services is the only trainer in Nigeria. Recently, a Springboard Women’s Development Programme commenced the four-day empowerment training in Lagos.

Nyanda wants to fill ICT gap

The communications minister, Siphiwe Nyanda, plans to increase access to skills and the further education and training (FET) colleges play a vital role in his plans.

New Contemporary roar in mobile market

Cell One has revealed its more contemporary and vibrant brand identity called Leo. ‘Leo’ is a word that summons a variety of connotations all across the world. For example, in Latin ‘leo’ means ‘lion’, which, in turn, is associated with strength and power.

Curbing under-aged sexual abuse in Nigeria

The police are vital in any society as they serve to protect lives and property. However, being ill-equipped, this service proves a difficult challenge.

Saving energy through social networks

The launch of Save It! Digital game, aimed at primary school children, was announced by government. This game was developed by Government as part of its National Energy Efficiency Campaign.

Skills training for girls in upper East

The Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Women’s Awareness Centre (WAC) is aimed at tackling the problem concerning the migration of young girls from the Upper East Region to the southern sector in pursuit of basic jobs.

Can you talk? Cellphones and girls in South Africa

There has been a tremendous growth in the cellphone industry on the African continent. As a result of this, opportunities for development have occurred.

Gaming is not a threat

The effect of extremely violent games and content on children has heightened the concerns of parents, teachers and medical professionals.

Speeding up development in Cameroon

Thousands of women have received training in the information and technology sector as a result of an initiative started by the President of the Republic of Cameroon, Paul Biya.

Bringing Women into the Workforce

The current economic climate has affected countries across the world, some more than others. People across all sectors: blue and white collar workers, races and genders have lost their jobs while companies are struggling to make a profit;

If a man has sex with wife without her consent it's rape

Gloria Egbuji is a human rights activist and lawyer, and the founder and executive director of Crime Victim Foundation (CRIVIFON). CRIVIFON is an NGO whose concerns lie with the victims of crime.

Telecom Investments to increase despite slump

According to the latest report, investments will continue to be attracted to Kenya’s competitive telecoms sector, but will, for the time being, experience a slump as players face slow-moving growth.

Telecom Investments to increase despite slump

According to the latest report, investments will continue to be attracted to Kenya’s competitive telecoms sector, but will, for the time being, experience a slump as players face slow-moving growth.

Fibre will widen digital divide

The roll-out of broadband fibre-optic cable is expected to increase the digital divide due to a lack of political will and services providers not being innovative enough about its uses, according to experts

Intel, Mustek, Learnthings Africa and eTV Sunrise collaborate

Investing in technology has become an imperative in imparting complete education and spreading literacy.

How banking sector affects ICT development

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced that a near quake in the banking sector was created by the removal of five Managing Directors of five top banks in Nigeria.

Mobile technologies can help SME's weather the downturn

According to the managing director at the independent telecommunications service provider, Nashua Mobile, Chris Scoble, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) ought to invest in mobile solutions as part of their methods of coping with the downturn of the economy.

Neotel spreads its wings to Southern Africa region

Neotel in partnership with Infraco is expanding connectivity into the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.

Tel One Limit Calls to Econet

It is reported that Tel One is limiting all calls to the Econet platform. It was discovered that Tel One owed the mobile operator in excess of US$17 million in interconnect chargers.

The next step for Wireless

It is said that in the future wireless technology will allow people to have access to services across different radio access technologies without any interruptions.

NGO educates farmers

CARITAS Zimbabwe, a Mutare based NGO, has embarked on various projects to aid food security in the region by educating local farmers.

NGO educates farmers

CARITAS Zimbabwe, a Mutare based NGO, has embarked on various projects to aid food security in the region by educating local farmers.

NGO educates farmers

CARITAS Zimbabwe, a Mutare based NGO, has embarked on various projects to aid food security in the region by educating local farmers.

NGO educates farmers

CARITAS Zimbabwe, a Mutare based NGO, has embarked on various projects to aid food security in the region by educating local farmers.

Senegal receives large grant to help poverty reduction

A five year $540 million grant to reduce poverty in Senegal was signed by the West African nation’s government and the U.S government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Solar powered mobile education

Intel Corporation is supporting a project to help rural schools with no electricity to close the digital gap by training thousands of pupils on how to become computer literate and in turn gain valuable skills that will assist them in improving lives now as well as in the future.

Hydro plants to help boost development in rural Africa

The struggle of rural Africa’s access to power can soon be answered by mini hydro plants due to larger ones being put on hold because of the current economic climate.

Hydro plants to help boost development in rural Africa

The struggle of rural Africa’s access to power can soon be answered by mini hydro plants due to larger ones being put on hold because of the current economic climate.

Greenpeace calls on governments to support a ban on Bluefin Tuna trade

Izmir, Turkey, 11 September 2009 - Greenpeace activists on board the Rainbow Warrior today demanded immediate action to protect the endangered Mediterranean bluefin tuna from commercial extinction by deploying buoys marked ‘Crime Scene’ around cages holding bluefin tuna being fattened up for harvesting and then sold for export

Climate change tool can help identify vulnerable farmers

South Africa’s staple food, maize, could drop in production by as much as 30 percent in another two decades due to intense droughts brought by climate change.

HI Virus weakness could bring hope

A recent discovery suggests that two new powerful antibodies have been found that could cripple the HI virus.

HIV fight at a standstill in Uganda

Uganda has been known to be an international leader in the fight against HIV and AIDs, however the country is no longer making headway against the pandemic.

SA's mix of epidemics

A special series of the Lancet that focuses on South Africa indicates that our health indicators are the worst in the world. Despite this, the series indicates that the Zuma government could bring some hope.