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The perfect device for the developing world is not the PC
Comment The United Nations Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation are working together to enable mobile phones to be used for healthcare improvements in India, South Africa and Uganda via the launch... [27 Aug 2009]
No phone, no internet, no electricity: This is no ordinary IT job
News Mostly, techies are needed in countries including Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia to help communities in sub-Saharan Africa learn about and deploy IT. For some IT professionals, the definition of making a difference... [25 Aug 2009]
Upwardly Mobile: Where are all the QRs?
Comment Before I conclude, I'd also like to throw in a reference to the inaugural Upwardly Mobile column, about Nokia's Jan Chipchase, Uganda and its Sente system. Uganda is having serious problems with... [06 Feb 2007]
Ricoh branching out for climate change
News The company is also providing local communities across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda with water pumps to irrigate orchards and vegetable patches. Office equipment giant Ricoh has announced plans to help customers reduce... [30 Jan 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Sente and sensibility
Comment Figures from ITU show that two years ago, mobile penetration was trumping that of fixed in Uganda - and, according to Vodafone, the country's mobile phone penetration stands at four per cent. The middleman takes out his... [25 Oct 2006]
Windows update site overwhelmed by patch-hungry users
News Pathfinder has servers in the US, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Vietnam, Pakistan, Yemen, Tanzania and Uganda. The crush of millions of Windows users trying to patch their... [15 Apr 2004]
Asylum-seeker biometric fingerprinting extended
News From March, those applying for visas to come to the UK from Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda will be required to provide a record of their fingerprints when applying for a visa and will have their travel... [21 Jan 2004]
Cowboy poetry set to take downloads by storm
News Two titles currently for sale on the organisation's website include Abayudaya: The Music of the Jews of Uganda (a must for any Islington dinner party - when you tire of Dido) and Cowboy Poetry Classics. [13 Jan 2004]
Britain is the Newcastle United of the e-government league
News Conversely, Portugal performs abysmally, rating 178th, behind such internet luminaries as Burkina Faso, Somalia, Uganda and Mali. Despite the government's pledge to make the UK number one in the world for ecommerce, the... [18 Oct 2001]
Mondex technology to launch in Africa
News PTA Bank is jointly owned by the governments of 17 African countries, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the Sudan. The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank) has bought the... [29 Sep 1999]
