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Tue, March 19th, 08:48 · Tom Jackson

USAASA applies to Treasury for more set-top box subsidation funds

The Universal Services and Access Agency of South Africa has applied to the Treasury for additional funding for the subsidisation of set-top boxes. → Read more
Mon, March 18th, 13:36 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: DoC, ICASA treat digital TV with contempt

Africa’s first Digital TV Summit kicked off today, but it seems the industry’s worthiness is still not recognised by the powers that be in South Africa, with neither the Department of Communications (DoC) nor the Independent Communications Commission of South Africa (ICASA) bothering to show up. → Read more
Mon, March 18th, 10:32 · Paul Adepoju

NCC reiterates commitment to ensuring ICT access for the disabled

Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has reiterated their commitment of ensuring Nigerians living with disabilities have easy access to telecommunications services. → Read more
Mon, March 18th, 08:05 · Paul Adepoju

Liberian government adopts DOCTRAK, no more faxing

DOCTRAK, a new online document tracking system, has been launched by Liberia’s Ministry of Finance with the goal of giving staff total accountability for the tracking of documents. → Read more
Fri, March 15th, 14:03 · Kamau Mbote

Audio-visual retailers to pay license fees to copyright bodies

An agreement has been signed between the Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP) and the Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK) which will see small retail audio-visual shops remit license fees to the two associations. → Read more
Fri, March 15th, 14:01 · Brandon Gregory

US calls for “broadest possible monitoring” for the Zimbabwe referendum

The United States believes monitoring Zimbabwe’s upcoming referendum on a new constitution for the country is the best way of ensuring the legitimate outcome. → Read more
Fri, March 15th, 10:58 · Tom Jackson

Rwanda to roll out disease electronic disease reporting system

The Rwandan Ministry of Health will complete the rollout an electronic integrated disease surveillance and response (eIDSR) system across the country’s district hospitals and health centres next month. → Read more