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• Apr

  2012

  4

  2nd PAERIP workshop – Promoting African European Research Infrastructure Partnerships (0)

  

  [ May 16, 2012 ] The second PAERIP workshop is taking place on May 16, 2012 at the Renaissance Hotel in Brussles, Belgium.

  This workshop aims at presenting the first year findings of the project through discussions with an expert panel and EU decision-makers. The event will identify the way forward in terms of policy options arising from PAERIP findings and [...]

   
• Mar

  2012

  29

  14th Africa-EU Joint Task Force Meeting (March 8-9, 2012) (0)

  

  The fourteenth meeting of the Africa-EU Joint Task Force (JTF) was held on March 8-9, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium.

   
• Mar

  2012

  20

  Internet speed rank in Africa (0)

  

  Ghana has been ranked number one in Africa as the country with the highest Internet speed, according to the latest global internet speed report released March 5, 2012 by US-based, Ookla.
  Ookla is the global leader in broadband testing and web-based network diagnostic applications, and its report was based on millions of recent test results from [...]

   
• Mar

  2012

  12

  AfriNIC Public Policy meeting (0)

  

  [ May 12, 2012 to May 18, 2012] The AfriNIC-16 Public Policy Meeting will be held on May 12-18, 2012 at the Kairaba Hotel in Serekunda, The Gambia.

   
• Feb

  2012

  23

  Call for proposals: INTRA-ACP academic mobility scheme (0)

  

  The call for proposals for the “Intra-ACP academic mobility scheme” has been published by the European Commission on February 10, 2012. This call aims at aims to strengthen cooperation between higher education institutions (HEIs) in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific in view of increasing access to quality education that will encourage and enable [...]

   
• Feb

  2012

  20

  ICT for Smart Grid in Africa Conference 2012 (0)

  

  [ February 27, 2012 to February 28, 2012] Hosted by the European Utilities Telecom Council (EUTC) and ESKOM (the main South Africa’s electric utility), the conference will take place on February 27-28, 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

  This event will provide delegates with valuable new insights and perspectives on utility telecoms challenges faced in South Africa and in the region, as well as those [...]

   
• Feb

  2012

  17

  Orange launches new service to make Facebook accessible on every phone in Africa (0)

  

  Orange is launching a new service to provide swift, simple, and cost effective mobile access to Facebook for an even wider range of customers.
  Facebook via USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) allows all Orange customers to access the service, regardless of the phone that they are using. Even users with older or very basic handsets without [...]

   
• Feb

  2012

  15

  e-Health Africa Conference (0)

  

  [ April 18, 2012 to April 19, 2012] The e-Health Africa Conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on April 18-19, 2012

   
• Feb

  2012

  15

  The AU summit adopted the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) (0)

  

  African Heads of State endorsed the launch of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), a multi-billion dollar initiative that will run through 2040.
  In a statement at their 18th summit held in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on January 30, 2012, the Heads of State approved the implementation of the recommendations in the study on [...]

   
• Feb

  2012

  9

  eLearning Africa 2012 (0)

  

  [ May 23, 2012 to May 25, 2012] eLearning Africa 2012 will take place from 23-25 May in Cotonou, Benin, which has a rich cultural heritage and significant record of achievement in education over the last decade.