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: Ashil Oogarah; 11 November 2015; Hits: 6245

Mwendwa Kivuva (CRISP Team) Shares his Views on 'Connecting the next billion from an African perspective'

Mwendwa Kivuva CRISP Team member for the AFRINIC region offers his opinion on 'Connecting the next billion from an African perspective'.

Connecting the Next Billion. Is It Possible? (An African Perspective)

''This year, the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group which provide assistance in the preparations for Global IGF meetings called for Intersessional work (activities that are pursued in the months between annual IGFs with the aim of helping the IGF produce more tangible outputs that can become robust resources)...''

Read the full article here.

: 11 November 2015; Hits: 8734

FIRE Africa Case Study: Farmerline

pic3 farmerline The Fund for Internet Research and Education – FIRE Africa – is Africa’s leading Grants and Awards programme designed to encourage, support and develop innovative online solutions to Africa’s education, information, infrastructure and communication needs.

Project: Development of a mobile technology platform to provide fish farmers, whose access to essential agricultural services is limited, with relevant and timely agricultural information and market access.

Organisation: Farmerline

Country: Ghana

Category: Access on Innovation, FIRE Africa Grants 2014

: 08 November 2015; Hits: 10397

FIRE Africa Case Study: Shona E-Reader Project

The Fund for Internet Research and Education – FIRE Africa – is Africa’s leading Grants and Awards programme designed to encourage, support and develop innovative online solutions to Africa’s education, information, infrastructure and communication needs.

Case Study: Shona Early Learner E-Reader

Project: Design a Text-to-Speech (TTS) E-learning application for a low cost Android tablet to enable children in rural Zimbabwe to learn to read using their own languages (including Shona) as well as to engage children with learning disabilities.

Country: Zimbabwe

Category: E-Development, FIRE Africa Grants 2013

: Ashil Oogarah; 05 November 2015; Hits: 5618

News Round-Up October 2015

22821467295 679c47eb9e m Here is an overview of news, activities and and events from last month:

7 October 2015: AFRINEWS blog went live
This blog will highlight news articles, research and statistics on Internet related topics in Africa and beyond...

7 October 2015 - AFRINIC called on the community to vote for its favourite FIRE Award nomination
The Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) aims to encourage ICT development innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa...

AFRINIC Membership and Resources Allocation

22336677721 b3740124ef m We've put together a short overview of our Membership and our Internet number resource allocation statistics for the first three quarters of 2015.

Internet Number Resources Allocation

AFRINIC's Registration and Member Services team have had a busy year in terms of allocation of Internet resources and processing new membership applications.

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