“…giving ICT special attention would play an important part in the development agenda of the union.” –Bingu wa Mutharika, the African Union (AU) chairperson at a recent AU summit themed “Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development”. [Source: ITNewsAfrica.com]
Archive for February, 2010
Circumventing Internet Censorship: The Next Frontier for Human Rights Activists
By far, one of the more insightful posts I’ve ever read by Ethan Zuckerman: “Internet Freedom: Beyond Circumvention” I recommend by starting with Secretary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom before moving on to reading Zuckerman’s blog post. Regardless of your political persuasion, this speech is a powerful one that touches on an issue of increasingly [...]
Travel between Uganda and Southern Sudan
“I think we better abolish the visa regime and I am going to inform my government so that anybody with a South Sudanese or Ugandan travel document can walk into each other’s country and trade freely.” ….that comes from Otafire, Ugandan Minister of Commerce. [Source: Roving Bandit]
