Weekly links July (4): Africa and ICT
July 29, 2007
This week I selected some interesting articles on African countries and information and communication technologies.
- Mobile Phone Reporters in Africa
White African has an interesting blog post on Africa’s Voices experiment on mobile phone reporters. - For Ugandan Farmers, Agricultural Tips Just a Phone Call Away
An example for a project, which offers a text message service for farming methods. - Africa, Offline: Waiting for the Web
Rwanda as an example for the challenges of Internet access in Africa. - Incremental infrastructure, or how mobile phones might wire Africa
Ethan Zuckerman envisions how the success of mobile phones can be an example of other economical sectors.
For more of my bookmarks have a look at del.icio.us/ckreutz.
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Hi Christian,
good blog. Just FYI the second link is down (For Ugandan Farmers, Agricultural Tips Just a Phone Call Away)
Cheers, Sebastian