Russell Southwood publishes one of Africa’s leading newsletters on technology: The Balancing Act. He’s talk was going to be about tech, wealth and culture. He was inspired by John Perry Barlow’s dream of wiring the Internet in Africa, as written in this great piece written Wired. Russell referred to what he calls Door Openers, which…
As you may have written down in your diary that a major event to attend in November was the 2006 MyADSL Broadband Conference held at Vodaworld, Midrand, South Africa. That was one of the many ICT-related forums focusing directly on widening digital access to communities and the information poor. In this article, I am going…
Dr Tracy Cohen has been a Councillor at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa since 1994. Dr. Cohen is currently an Honorary Research Fellow in the Graduate School of Public and Development Management and sits on the editorial board for the South African Journal of Information and Communication. She is also an advisory panel…