No, not everywhere, just Kenya and in Nigeria. Seven schools in Kenya got free internet access courtesy of Airtel Kenya, and in Nigeria, Vodacom gave a technical school in Yaba free access to the internet and threw in a generating set for good measure. Check out these and other stories making headlines across the African techosphere today.
Airtel Kenya has connected seven more school to free internet after linking Kambui’s school for the deaf last week. It’s part of its ‘Internet for Schools’ initiative.
More free internet doesn’t hurt. Airtel Kenya is doing it, so is Vodacom Nigeria. The telco has provided WiFi services and a generating set to a Lagos’ technical school, the Federal Science and Technology College (FSTC), Yaba Lagos.
Plugin and Angana are the winners at the the World Bank-supported Negawatt Challenge held in Nairobi. Both teams will proceed to the accelerator phase of the competition.
Nigeria-based broadband and data services provider, SWIFT has announced its acquisition of Chromecom.
Telkom’s DSL users crosses 1 Million mark
South African telco, Telkom, has announced that its broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) has reached over one million users.
Rocket-backed Jovago is expanding to Myanmar and Bangladesh by July this year with a full customer service team.
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ChopUP, the creators of Sambisa Assault and Danfo Reloaded are not resting on their oars. The studio has released another title, Jagun.
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Out of Nigeria comes an Hotels.ng for schools, Edusko
Edusko plant to index schools across three continents, Africa, Europe and North America so parents and guardians can make informed choices about what schools to enroll their wards.
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