The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Microsoft announced the signing of a partnership agreement to promote development and foster regional cooperation in Africa by leveraging information and communication technology (ICT). A press...

Nominations for The Tech Awards are accepted year-round and we are currently accepting nominations for 2010. The 2010 deadline for nominations is March 31, 2010. Nominations and applications are evaluated according to the following criteria: The technology...

FOSSFA and InWEnt are pleased to announce the vacancy for the “FOSS Certification Manager for ict@innovation”. ict@innovation – Creating Business and Learning Opportunities with Free and Open Source Software in Africa is a joint capacity...

Linux Fund and the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) have pledged to work together to promote Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Africa. In a Press Release, Linux Fund and the Free Software and Open Source Foundation of...

BarCamp Lusaka is gathering of people with the passion, creativity and excitement for all things geeky to connect with each other and exchange their knowledge. BarCamp Lusaka is a free event. Please indicate your attendance at the event page so that appropriate...

Training farmers who have never used computers to embrace web 2.0 tools has been a great challenge for me here in Monze. The worst thing was that i could not even speak their language Tonga of which i beat that barrier by asking a good Samaritan to translate...

Windows Vista was not very well taken in the market by consumers at the official launch of Windows 7 launched after their product review of every 3 to 4 years. “Windows Vista was not very well taken in the market,” said Andrew Waititu Microsoft License...

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Thousands of Non Government Organisations (NGOs) across Africa can now benefit from the expansion of the NGOConnect Africa website and platform. The enhanced site features a new social networking tool that will help all users access technology more efficiently...

The Community Education Computer Society (CECS), an ICT training NGO established in 1985 in South Africa, will be conducting 2-day workshops on free/libre and open source software (FLOSS) in 5 Southern African countries. COUNTRIES AND WORKSHOP DATES The...

The International Taskforce on Women and ICTs (ITF) congratulates the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) for operationalizing its commitment to gender as one of its key areas in its 2009-2010 Action Plan adopted today at the...

The International Taskforce on Women and ICTs (ITF) congratulates the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) for operationalizing its commitment to gender as one of its key areas in its 2009-2010 Action Plan adopted today at the...

For any interested female candidates in the technical field. As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to furthering Anita’s vision, Google are pleased to announce The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship: Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Through the...

The Civil Society and Outreach Unit of the Division of Social Policy and Development (DSPD), Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), is producing a directory of civil society organizations active in the field of social development. To this end...

A group on the Global Academy of Tropical health whose upcoming conference will be held in Egypt has been formed. The group is meant to function as an instrument for coordinating local, regional and international miscellany of actions that serve the grand...