Full Coverage: East Africa

31.08.2007 The Zimbabwe Internet Service Providers Association (ZISPA) says it is struggling to raise funds to buy intercepting equipment currently pegged at US$1 million each in a fresh huddle for the Harare authorities.

31.08.2007 THE East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy), a project to wire up several African countries with high-speed optical fibre, is not living up to its name. The plan, hatched in 2003, was simple enough: lay an 9,900km (6,200-mile) submarine cable along the east coast of the continent, from Sudan to South Africa, touching at several points along the way, and then link it up with the rest of the world. But the scheme has become entangled in disagreements between operators and governments over its business model.

31.08.2007 It's time for Kenya's women to send more women to parliament, says Florence Machio, noting that a female minister of health has done more for women in the past four years than her male predecessors ever did. But in Kenya, electing women has proven an uphill battle.

29.08.2007 Zimbabwean lawyers who attended the just ended Southern African Development Committee (SADC) Civil Society Forum found themselves busy as they came to the rescue of Tapera Kapuya the co-ordinator of the National Constitutional Assembly’s South African office who had been detained by Zambia authorities.

28.08.2007 The environmentally sustainable practice of planting shrubs and tree seedlings throughout crop fields is helping rural farmers from central Kenya raise productivity and reap meaningful profits.

22.08.2007 Despite countless global impediments to women's political participation and representation, activists are working tirelessly to secure unbiased opportunities for election and equal rates of political representation for women and men alike.

22.08.2007 Award-winning Zimbabwean photo-journalist Tsvangirai Mukwazhi was summoned to appear before the state-controlled Media and Information Commission (MIC) to answer to alleged charges of 'deceiving' the licensing authority in terms of the repressive Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).

20.08.2007 Access to medical care and help for civilians and displaced people in and around Mogadishu has decreased alarmingly, according to an international medical humanitarian organisation.

20.08.2007 The seminar was a conclusion to the online discussion on policy implementation strategies that was conducted for two months from May to June, 2007. A report on the online discussion was done by the online moderator, Mr. Wamupu Noyoo and was circulated to invited participants prior to the seminar

20.08.2007 Arusha has just become the first non-capital urban center in East and Central Africa to have its own Internet Exchange Point, a physical infrastructure that allows different Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to connect to each other and exchange local traffic between their networks by means of mutual peering agreements.

20.08.2007 Two civil society activists remain in prison in Addis Ababa despite the release of 31 opposition supporters last week.

20.08.2007 David followed the routine practiced by thousands of homeless children in Nairobi every day. He took out a handkerchief, dipped it into a bottle of paint thinner, put it to his nose and inhaled deeply. Asked what he was doing, David replied: “Dinner.”

17.08.2007 Hundreds of Kenyan journalists in Nairobi marched silently with their mouths gagged to protest a bill they say would restrict press freedom.

13.08.2007 Two Somali journalists have been killed in the capital Mogadishu in separate attacks within hours of each other.

13.08.2007 Ethiopian, Somali and insurgent forces are all responsible for rampant violations of the laws of war in Mogadishu, an international rights group says in a report that urges the UN Security Council to include a strong civilian protection mandate in any peacekeeping mission.
From: Human Rights Watch
+ Radio Station Chiefs Killed in Wave of Political Killings

13.08.2007 Uganda's biggest jail house, Luzira Maximum Security Prison recently received a boost that shall further promote ICT use among its incarcerated residents.

13.08.2007 The World Bank is launching a project to make commodity pricing information available to farmers electronically. Digitalisation of agricultural commodity prices is part of an Sh8 billion Kenya Transparency and Communication Infrastructure Project (KTCIP) whose aim is to increase the use of technology in the agricultural sector.

10.08.2007 The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market.

10.08.2007 The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market.

10.08.2007 The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market.