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- Another push for netbooks in Africa
- By using cheap netbooks running Ubuntu, coupled with IBM's cloud computing platforms, businesses in Africa that could not otherwise afford computers for each of their employees will have access to really inexpensive computing. Can this approach also take the place of OLPC in emerging markets? by Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Why Africa gets the IBM-Ubuntu bundle and you do not
- Netbook hardware will ship to Africa running Windows, but the IBM download will transform those machines into Ubuntu devices that handle some client functions locally but can also go online to connect people together. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- IBM, Canonical partner to target Africa netbook market; Upend Microsoft
- IBM and Canonical, the outfit behind Ubuntu Linux, are partnering to target Africa's netbook market. Target: Microsoft. by Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Mobile)
- RUN FOR YOUR WILDLIFE! Join Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo in the official mobile game of DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa! The zoo-raised crew is not quite at one with nature as they try to find their way home from the...
- Software downloads 2009-05-05
- Mean Girls 1.0 (Windows)
- Cady is a happy, normal 16-year-old girl except for the fact that both her parents are research zoologists and she has spent the last 12 years being home-schooled in Africa. But then her Mom got offered tenure at Northwestern University so it was goodbye Africa, hello high school. Now you...
- Software downloads 2009-04-14
- Banking the Unbanked: Going Mobile in Africa
- Home to nearly a billion people, the 54 countries that make up the African continent are ushering in an era of liberty, democracy, and robust economic development. The mobile phone is having a dramatic effect on the lives of Africans and is proving to be a life-transforming device. Limited by...
- White papers 2009-01-16
- (Vista Ultimate)RED for $65 to help save Africa
- Microsoft have joined the fight against starvation, by reducing the price of the most expensive version of Vista dramatically to students, part of the PRODUCTRED campaign. by Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
- When Linux fails
- At first glance, Free and Open Source software should be perfect for places like Mali. The local economy is poor, and average salaries make proprietary software an unimaginable expense for most people there. Yet the place is overrun with copies of Microsoft Windows. by Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2008-12-08
- Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa 1.07 (Windows)
- Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa is a fast-paced sim game set in the African Serengeti. Players build a unique ecosystem by buying and breeding animals and by balancing the food and water needs of each diverse species. The complete version of Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa includes 11 animals, 25 campaign maps,...
- Software downloads 2008-09-12
- Sure, energy tech is sexy and could be profitable. But think real green, as in chlorophyll and growing plants. That's the most crucial green tech now.
- There's a lot of interest in alternative energy tech and ways to utilize fossil fuels more efficiently. There's considerable push now for more nuclear power. And all that makes economic and ecological sense: energy is at the base of the economic pyramid, less energy means less of everything for...
- Blog posts 2008-06-22
- Fastest-growing global ad market: Latin America
- Pricewaterhouse said the $1.6 trln in revenue generated 2007 on advertising, subscriptions and other user fees, in businesses ranging from newspapers to video games, would grow to $2.2 trln in 2012. The fastest growth is expected in Latin America, with spending set to jump at a 10.6% annual rate over...
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Globalization's discontents
- I'm back from Africa, and what a trip it has been. Ghana was certainly a marked contrast to Zimbabwe. You would never mistake Ghana for a rich country, though compared to Zimbabwe, it is positively affluent. People are poor, but the roads are filled with cars, the stores are filled...
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- A scientist and a shrew
- A California Academy of Sciences researcher trekked through the rainforests of Tanzania in search of the Rhynchocyon udzungwensis, the newest mammal to join the elephant shrew group. They may not look like elephants, but they do have evolutionary ties to the pachyderm going back 100 million years in Africa. Scientists...
- Videos 2008-02-01
- Gates spending lots of green on green revolution
- The Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation are uniting to try to jump-start a new Green Revolution. This is not aimed at electric cars for you and me. Not aimed at cheaper electricity for Beijing or London. This is aimed at agriculture in areas where starvation and...
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Africa's Biggest Food Retailer Gains Reliability, Full Network Compliance
- How does one keep desktop computers, kiosks, and servers consistent and up-to-date when thousands of them are spread across approximately 1,200 locations in 17 countries? The Shoprite Group, Africa's leading food retailer, is using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. The software will enable Shoprite to complete what used to...
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- Drought ends in disastrous rains
- All across the northern third of Africa the rains continue to fall. Normally dry lands are awash from Mauritania to Ehtiopia. We're used to hearing of drought in the Sudan, but floods? Think of a Katrina that just keeps coming. And it's all related...
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- Africa's Biggest Food Retailer Chooses New Point-of-Service Operating System
- The largest food retailer in Africa, Shoprite Group, serves 11.6 million customers with quality brands at affordable prices. The South Africa-based company needed to modernise its Point-of-Service POS tool to maintain its competitive position, introduce new products, and improve customer service. After considering several options - including Linux - Shoprite...
- Case studies 2007-08-01
- Photos: Nigerian students power up their laptops
- OLPC's Khaled Hassounah deploy the company's first child-friendly laptops in Africa and the Middle East.
- Image galleries 2007-04-11
- Photos: Low-cost PCs
- Several groups are touting machines for bringing the Net to Africa, rural Asia and Latin America. Here are Intel's latest designs.
- Image galleries 2006-06-15
- Photos: Low-cost PCs
- Several groups are touting machines for bringing the Net to Africa, rural Asia and Latin America. Here are Intel's latest designs.
- Image galleries 2006-06-15
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