Africa is emerging as a new landscape that no-one could have predicted a decade ago: Telephony has assumed power politics dimensions.

Sade won the Best First Book Commonwealth award for Africa Region in the 2008.

Paul Kagame talks about his vision for Rwanda and the role of small businesses and entrepreneurship in national development, and his personal path from military strategist to become Africa’s leading statesman.

The America-based Sierra Leonean wears several hats, from jewelry making to litigation. What’s her motivation?

Featuring an interview with Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, this film illustrates how ICT serves as a cross-cutting enabler in helping Rwanda to achieve the 6 Pillars of its Vision 2020, and how the World Bank’s eRwanda project is contributing to the process.

The proliferation of mobile services worldwide has created a unique opportunity to provide social and financial services over the mobile network. Wizzit is one such ‘virtual bank’ in South Africa that is challenging the branch legacy that is associated with traditional banks, in order to bank the un-banked. Per-Anders Pettersson, Getty Images

In its drive to become a true pan-African telecommunications operator, Nigeria’s Second National Operator (SNO), Globacom, at the weekend won a licence for Global System of Mobile communications (GSM) in Ghana.
Officials of Globacom see the development as a major boost in the company’s efforts to increase its take in the African telecommunications sector.
Globacom thus becomes [...]