President Koroma takes ICT seriously – Tarawalie tells Kigali Conference

The Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Sheka Tarawalie, has told the International Telecommunications Union’s Annual Regional Development Forum for Africa held in Kigali, Rwanda, that “later this year, Sierra Leone will join and enjoy the benefits of the fibre optic experience as most modern nations are doing today.”  (L to R) Minister of State [...]

For girls, ‘it is possible to dream big’

Interview with Juliana Rotich, a leading African voice on tech Growing up in her native Kenya, Juliana Rotich (in photo) was the lonely, young “geek” with oversized glasses at school. Today she is a highly successful tech entrepreneur who is a co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a homegrown non-profit tech company that has taken the [...]

Airtel boss speaks on network problems

Airtel’s Managing Director, RVS Bhullar (in photo), yesterday at the Ministry of Information and Communication weekly press briefing cleared the air on the issue of their network outages of late in Sierra Leone saying the hitches are due to their on-course improvement to provide a clear and steady network for their subscribers. Mr. Bhullar said [...]

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Ranks Airtel Best in Quality of Service

LAGOS, Nigeria, May 11, 2012/ – Leading Telecommunications Services Provider, Airtel Nigeria (http://www.airtel.com) has been ranked the best operator for good quality of service by the Nigerian Communications Commission based on the Commission’s Audit Report for March and April, 2012. According to the results published on the NCC’s Corporate Website, Airtel Nigeria recorded impressive performances [...]

AfriNIC to host the first African Internet Summit

AfriNIC-16: 12th – 18th May 2012, Serekunda, Gambia Mauritius, 9th May 2012 – AfriNIC-16, the African Network Information Centre’s (AfriNIC) 16th bi-annual meeting together with AfNOG (The African Network Operators Group) will take place in Serekunda, The Gambia from the 12th – 18th May 2012.  This year our Public Policy Meeting will host among others [...]

Amb. Multi-Kamara pursues cable television investment for Sierra Leone

Newly appointed Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Abubakarr Multi-Kamara has demonstrated his true belief and trust in President Ernest Bai Koroma’s Agenda for Change and in his blueprint of the Agenda for Prosperity by constantly pursing an investment opportunity in China that will help in digitalizing the Sierra [...]

Airtel money adjudged best mobile money service in Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana, April 30, 2012/ – Airtel’s mobile commerce product (http://www.airtel.com), Airtel Money, has been adjudged the ‘Best Mobile Money Service’ in Ghana at the Mobile World Ghana Telecoms Awards. Airtel Money which has been praised by industry players for its innovative features and secured nature has been expanding over the past few months roping [...]

A phonetic future for animals

Communication is the process by which people exchange information. There are many ways to communicate including speaking, writing and using sign and body language. The sharing of information among individuals and small groups is referred to as interpersonal communication. Mass communication on the contrary involves the sending of information to large audiences using radios, Books, [...]

Public Notice – Airtel committed to serve Sierra Leoneans

Airtel Sierra Leone is aware that over the past few weeks there has been some dissatisfaction regarding the Network. We would like to inform our valued customers that we are at a transition stage and working towards a better customer experience, whilst using our network. Presently, Airtel has partnered with Ericsson, a Global Technology Company [...]

Mobile phones are getting smarter in rural Africa

Imagine you are in Yokadouma, a rural community in eastern Cameroon with little electricity and inaccessible roads. You have an old, inexpensive mobile phone with which you can only make and receive calls. The good news is that it is now possible for that phone to be smarter — to send and receive e-mails, check [...]

Orange to offer customers free online access to Wikipedia

In what is being promoted as the first partnership of its kind, millions of mobile phone owners in Africa and the Middle East will soon have free access to Wikipedia, an online encyclopaedia. Wikipedia is available for free on the internet, but to access it, mobile phone users have to be enrolled in a data [...]

Airtel launches mobile services in Rwanda

KIGALI, Rwanda, March 30, 2012/ – Committed to adding value to the economy and community: 83 days to build network from start – fastest Greenfield launch in history of Sub-Saharan Africa To invest USD 100 million over the next three years Operation to generate direct and indirect employment opportunities in the country Airtel to contribute [...]

Africell brings Thuraya Satellite Services to Salone

What one would refer to as a major step in the development landscape of the country was manifested at the Obar Beach Bar and Restaurant during a cocktail dinner to mark the launching of Thuraya Services in Sierra Leone. The two services include the Thuraya single mode satellite only handset and the dual mode GSM/Satellite [...]

Femi Mansaray boosts education in Fadugu

In response to the felt needs of students in the Kasonkoh section, Fadugu Chiefdom, in the Koinadugu District, Akmed Femi Mansaray donated two desk top computers and KVA Generators to the Fadugu Agricultural Secondary School and the Kasonkoh Islamic Secondary School respectively at the Kasonkoh Court Barray, Fadugu on March 15, this year. According to [...]

Dep. Information Minister outlines Sierra Leone’s ICT progress

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Hon. Sheka Tarawalie, (in photo) has told an extraordinary meeting of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) in Gaborone, Botswana that Sierra Leone “is now just a stone throw away from joining the international fiber experience of modern nations” and that “the county’s development is not [...]

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