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West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 1 May

Despite a Nigerian penchant for foreign goods, a new trend toward promoting local content has emerged, particularly in the telecom sector. An opinion piece in This Day heralds the positive outcome.
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=110189  read more »

West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 30 April

The poor quality of telecom service in Nigeria has led the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, to call for a downward review of GSM tariffs. Leadership has the speaker’s comments.  read more »

West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 29 April

With the upcoming launch of the Society for International Development’s East African scenarios report, The East African examines the region’s technological future in an opinion piece by Charles Onyango-Obbo.
http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/current/Opinion/oped280420081.htm  read more »

West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 28 April

The Vanguard reports that Africa is the world’s fastest growing mobile market. Read on for the statistics.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=738...  read more »

West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 25 April

Leadership columnist Amaechi Dike examines the deal between Olusegun Obasanjo and MTN, which he says paints the former Nigerian president “as a man with an abnormal propensity for greed and avarice.”  read more »

West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 24 April

As we move from the industrial age to the information age, This Day offers commentary on what it will take for Nigeria to keep pace with the rest of the world.  read more »

West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 23 April

The Vanguard reflects on the risks of identity theft due to virtualization after a recent Lagos conference on “Predictive Enterprise.” Read on to learn how Intel and HP are upping their security measures.  read more »

West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 22 April

At a recent scientific conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, government officials from across Africa stressed the importance of a technology development fund. The New Vision has their comments.  read more »

West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 21 April

The absence of Safaricom on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange makes one writer question the reality of East African integration in the realm of mobile telephony. East African Business Week runs the thought-provoking opinion piece.
http://www.busiweek.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5154&I...  read more »

West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 18 April

According to Public Agenda, television-programming choices will increase throughout the continent when the UAE’s Yahsat brings its satellite service to Africa.
www.ghanaweb.com/public_agenda/article.php  read more »

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