Weekly news roundup July 16

Created By: Esther on 16-Jul-2007 12:00 AM

Digital Villages to Use Wireless Solutions
The Government will use wireless solutions to interconnect villages once the installation of the national fibre optic cable is complete, a minister has said.
Speaking during the African Satellite, Wireless Broadband and VOIP Conference and Exhibition, Information minister Mr Mutahi Kagwe said wireless communication remained key to delivering ICT services to the majority of Africans, "who remain without access to voice or internet connections."

UN Summit to Address Africa's Digital Gap
Africa's need for infrastructure and communication technology to develop and bridge the digital divide is to be addressed at a United Nation's (UN) summit in October.
General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have endorsed the "Connect Africa Summit", to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, from 29 to 30 October.


Ugandan inmates get access to computers and internet
INMATES in Luzira Upper Prison now have access to computers. The computers to be installed at Luzira Prison schools were donated by uganda telecom.
There are three schools in Luzira that cater for primary, secondary and advanced level education. Mr. Johnson Byabashaija, the Commissioner General of Prisons, said the five computers would strictly be used by inmates to boost the on-going computer programme to teach them skills such as the use of the Internet.


Nigeria Computer Society Set for Annual Confab
The Nigeria Computer Society NCS has announced that its 2007 annual conference will take place from Tuesday 17 to Friday 20 July 2007 at Imo Concorde Hotel, Owerri.
The theme of the conference is "Achieving the millennium Development Goals in Nigeria: IT Strategies and tools". The UN's eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is an economic and social blueprint, agreed to by all the nations of the world as well as the world's leading development institutions, for galvanizing efforts aimed at meeting the needs of the poor and deprived countries of the world.

 

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