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Photos: The solar-powered internet cafés connecting rural Africa

...in early 2010, have brought internet connectivity to communities in sub-Saharan Africa in an effort to boost IT skills, education and day-to-day... Read more

5 July, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

British e-waste still being dumped in Africa

...Investigation Agency has said that electronic waste is still being dumped in Africa in contravention of regulations. Photo credit: Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) British companies... Read more

17 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

BlackBerry data services suffer massive outage

...Blackberry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been hit by a data outage that cut off access to... Read more

10 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

RIM explains BlackBerry downtime as outage spreads

...browsing delays being experienced by BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile and Argentina were caused by a core switch failure... Read more

12 October, 2011 by David Meyer

Europe to combat 'repressive' internet blackouts

...help people get around internet blackouts such as those seen in North Africa during recent anti-government protests. Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes said that... Read more

9 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Zurich Insurance hit with record fine over data loss

The Financial Services Authority has fined the company over an incident in which it lost 46,000 customers' details on an unencrypted back-up tape Read more

25 August, 2010 by David Meyer

i3 Africa calls for BRICS submarine cable cash

i3 Africa, a company which has business links with the i3-Group, has called... Read more

17 April, 2012

Facebook has hiccup in Europe, Middle East and Africa

...Germany. Also, reports have come in that it went down in South Africa, making it possible that the outage was EMEA-wide. Facebook is experiencing... Read more

7 March, 2012
Nav4D Southern <endeca_term>Africa</endeca_term> (LOW COST) HD 2.0.6

Nav4D Southern Africa (LOW COST) HD 2.0.6

...South Africa - Lesotho - Swaziland - Namibia - Botswana - Mozambique ***The first **low cost** app!Don't... Read more

15 February, 2011
<endeca_term>Africa</endeca_term> Can Greatly Benefit From Cloud Computing and Data Center Technologies - Part 1

Africa Can Greatly Benefit From Cloud Computing and Data Center Technologies - Part 1

Africa has made tremendous progress in the technology catch-up game in the... Read more

10 June, 2011
go! Travel South <endeca_term>Africa</endeca_term> 1.3

go! Travel South Africa 1.3

...tourist brochures, the personal tour guide... all you need is go! South Africa. Weve done all the hard work for you and mapped 25 000... Read more

26 May, 2012
<endeca_term>Africa</endeca_term> Wallpapers HD 1.1

Africa Wallpapers HD 1.1

This outstanding photo collection of over sixty images from Africa will beautifully dress up your iPad. Professional photographer and adventurer Brian T... Read more

16 May, 2012
<endeca_term>Africa</endeca_term> Wallpapers 1.1

Africa Wallpapers 1.1

This outstanding photo collection of over sixty images from Africa will beautifully dress up your iPhone or iTouch. Professional photographer and adventurer... Read more

16 May, 2012
Carri North <endeca_term>Africa</endeca_term> 1.1

Carri North Africa 1.1

Welcome to the Battle Organizing Tool "North Africa - Compagnia Carri" This App helps you to quickly organize your Compagnia Carri... Read more

16 May, 2012
Sasol eBirds of Southern <endeca_term>Africa</endeca_term> LITE 1.0

Sasol eBirds of Southern Africa LITE 1.0

This is a LITE version of Sasol eBirds of Southern Africa and is fully functional but includes ONLY 30 species, compared to 971... Read more

10 May, 2012

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