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The meeting, to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, will discuss the next phase of cyberlaw implementation in EAC partner States. Special attention will be given to issues of intellectual property rights, competition, e-taxation, and information security.

A privately-funded consortium, Seacom, commissioned its Sh59 billion ($760m) undersea cable in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda and South Africa with Rwanda set to be linked up in the next two weeks.

"This partnership holds the potential to produce significant and influential outcomes in tackling digital challenges and narrowing the digital divide across the African continent," Mr. Gatete remarked.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Google LLC (Google) have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster and accelerate digital transformation in Africa on the margins of the 2024 edition of the Africa Business Forum.

The brain drain of doctors and nurses moving North where health personnel is in short supply as well is aggravated by the many deaths of skilled personnel from communicable diseases. To make matters even worse, people live so remotely that even the most modern means of telecommunications are out of reach. This combination of diseases, health service shortages and poverty provides a hefty challenge for any kind of possible solution. But be it as it may, there is an urgent demand to train health workers, there is an urgent need for high-quality clinical services, and there is an urgent need for the collection and management of health information.

Mit einem neuen Untersee-Glasfaserkabel sind Ost- und Südafrika ab sofort mit höherer Bandbreite an globale Netzwerke angebunden. Über eine Länge von 17.000 Kilometern werden die Daten mit 1,28 Terabyte/s übertragen.

The eLearning Africa Report is an attempt to provide a 'snapshot' of how ICT and better connectivity are believed to be changing the face of education in Africa. It is based on a detailed survey of the experience of nearly 500 education professionals across Africa and will confirm that ICT-enhanced learning has been widely embraced throughout Africa.

Die Europäische Kommission will innerhalb eines Strukturförderprogramms für Afrika im Umfang von insgesamt 230 Mio. Euro auch den Zugang zum Internet in Ost- und Südafrika vorantreiben. Die Förderung in diesem Bereich beträgt 21 Mio. Euro. Regionale Informations- und Kommunikationsprogramme sollen zu einem breiteren Zugang zum Internet und zu höheren Einwahlgeschwindigkeiten führen, heißt es in einer Aussendung von heute, Donnerstag. Außerdem würden die nationalen Behörden bei der Erarbeitung von Strategien für die Informationstechnologien unterstützt.

Die Europäische Kommission will innerhalb eines Strukturförderprogramms für Afrika im Umfang von insgesamt 230 Mio. Euro auch den Zugang zum Internet in Ost- und Südafrika vorantreiben.

Quarshie said this will ensure seamless operations in health facilities across the continent.

He stated this while speaking at the first Nigerian e-health summit with the theme “Understanding current e-health ecosystem in Nigeria and the role of the private sector in harnessing potential opportunities to improve health for all Nigerians”.

He said connecting rural communities on the continent to tackle challenges in education, health and governance required a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society.

The Sixth Annual Congress on the Digital Transition in Africa is being held in Paris from October 25 to 27.

Since 2011, this conference has brought together the main decision-makers of the African digital ecosystem. For three days, 1,000 participants from all over the continent, decision-makers from the public and private sectors, ministerial delegations, and corporate and civil society representatives, will discuss the role of digital technology in Africa and the opportunities for personal services, the strengthening of democracy through e-government, and economic growth.

Information and Communication Technology experts want African government to increase their support for computer students to develop cheap software if the region is to access cheaper software.

Nnenna Nwakanma the African Regional Coordinator at World Wide Web Foundation said most African countries have not developed the human capacity to engage in developing local content software.

As part of the Pan-African e-network project between India and Africa that was launched last year, DU will start conducting these unique tele-education classes for students of the African Union from July this year.

Dr Ekow Spio-Garbrah, the Minister of Trade and Industry, has advocated the establishment of a trade portal for the African continent.

He said the portal would help in trade facilitation and improvement in bilateral trade relations.

Dr Spio-Garbrah was speaking at the Swiss-Ghanaian Chamber of Commerce Chairman’s Breakfast meeting on the theme: “Innovations in trade facilitation and e-government” in Accra.

American multinational technology company Google has earmarked US$1 billion for digital transformation in Africa.

It made the announcement during the maiden edition of the Google for Africa event on Wednesday.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a US$1-billion investment in Africa over five years covering a range of initiatives, such as improving connectivity and investing in start-ups.

Nigeria has the highest number of Internet users in Africa, at 43 million, surpassing South Africa, the largest economy. A report released by the ITU last week shows Nigeria's online community growing at a fast pace and Google products were the most visited by 43 million out of a population of 150 million.

Andrew Rugege, the Director of ITU regional office for Africa made a remark concerning this harmonization stating, “in Africa, we are connected to a number of submarine cables, it would be very vital for ITU member countries to have harmonized policies towards access to sub-marine cables in terms of price fixing, regulatory policies and internet bandwidth redundancy.”