The Internet is one of the most important enablers of social development and education. While Internet services have been quite phenomenal in the rest of the world, access to the Internet remains very low in Africa, especially in the rural communities. According to the Internet World Stats for Africa 2016 (APO.af/AvhzA), only 9.3% of people across the African continent are Internet users. “A few years ago anyone who could not read and write was considered illiterate, but today this concept … [Read more...] about Only 9.3% of People on the African Continent are Internet Users
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The wheels of internet access turn slowly
The Internet country code top-level domain (CcLD) .za was granted to South Africa by ICANN in 1990. Over 60% of Internet traffic generated on the African continent originates from South Africa. This year the one millionth .co.za domain name was registered - see: One Million .co.za Domains Registered. In contrast over 100 milion .com domain names have been registered. The first South African IP address was granted to Rhodes University in 1988. On 12 November 1991, the first IP connection … [Read more...] about The wheels of internet access turn slowly
Globally recognised training course launches in Port Elizabeth
FibreCo Telecommunications, the company behind South Africa's most ambitious open-access long distance fibre optic network, on Friday 4 July, officially launched its internationally and MICT SETA-accredited Fibre Optic Training Programme in Nelson Mandela Bay. The trainees involved in the month-long programme include SMMEs, further education training [FET] train-the-trainer individuals and people training in information and communications technology (ICT). On completion of the programme, the … [Read more...] about Globally recognised training course launches in Port Elizabeth
Q. Why did we have slow internet connections?
A. Apartheid - In the The South African Presidency Twenty Year Review launched at an event in Pretoria on Tuesday, 11 March 2014, the Presidency claimed that massive advancements in telecommunications in South Africa only happened thanks to the end of apartheid. Over on MyBroadband the typing classes are incensed that our President is blaming our lack of technological advancement (read: faster and cheaper Internet and TV) on apartheid. The Presidency's Twenty Year Review document states on … [Read more...] about Q. Why did we have slow internet connections?
Who remembers DMOZ?
I was asked by a client today what the significance of of the Open Directory Project (DMOZ) is. Imagine if you will the early days of the Internet where trusted web sites linked out to other web sites that they trusted. In effect this way the only way that one could surf the Internet and discover more exciting and free content. Then along came DMOZ who established a directory that listed web sites categorised by interest, region and country. DMOZ in one way is a relic of the Internet in … [Read more...] about Who remembers DMOZ?
