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Telecentres should help with ICT penetration to rural areas

All was well meant when Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya challenged African Communications Experts at a workshop on sustainable rural telecenters in Lusaka last week to come up with strategies that their governments will use to roll out ICT to rural areas.  read more »


Technological Risk Factors related to buying of Celtel shares

By Brenda Zulu

As Zambians await the listing of shares by Celtel Zambia on the Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE), it is a good time to look at the technological risks that are outlined in the Celtel Prospectus.  read more »


Computerization of the Road Transport and Safety Agency

By Brenda Zulu

The current power deficit and the subsequent load shedding the country has been experiencing led to the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) regional stations nationwide to loose connectivity with the main station in Lusaka. This occured when the Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) configuration settings were erased due to a power surge when power was restored last month.  read more »


Road show to showcase ICT products and solutions

By Brenda Zulu
The third NECOR Zambia Limited Information Communication Technology (ICT) Roadshow to showcase a diverse range of ICT products and solutions to fit various corporate and business needs will be held at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka, Zambia on 29 and 30th May, 2008.  read more »


MDGs and ICTs

By Brenda Zulu

One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, the target being to halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than a dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.

What is the role of ICTs in combating poverty?  read more »


Performance of Internet in Zambia

By Brenda Zulu
The ICT sector in Zambia has experienced rapid changes over the last decade. Access to information and the capacity to communicate have increased with the advent of the Internet, digital satellite television and cellular networks over the past five years. Since 1993, the Zambian Government has taken a number of measures to reform the ICT sector.
Internet Services  read more »


Metropolitan Fibre Optic in Lusaka

There is digging going on in the City of Lusaka in readiness for the Metropolitan fiber optic. Just out of curiosity, I asked one of the diggers if they know what this fibre optic was all about and the answer was that they did not know it.  read more »


Disability and the World Telecommunications Day

By Brenda Zulu
A huge digital divide exists between the able and disabled people in terms of access to information communication technology (ICT) which must be closed if less disabled people are to escape poverty and engage in the global economy. The current Information communication technologies (ICT) revolution has enormous social and economic implications for all people.  read more »

West Africa Blog
Seeking Bloggers!

Are you actively engaged in the Zambia IT scene? Do you enjoy writing and engaging in dialogue on topics important to IT professionals locally?  read more »

West Africa Blog
News around the Web: 8 May

Approximately 400 delegates from 33 countries are meeting in Windhoek, Namibia, to discuss ICT’s role in advancing socio-economic development in Africa. New Era reports details of the conference.
http://www.newera.com.na/page.php?id=6967  read more »

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