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With approximately 700 million of the world’s 3.7 billion unconnected people living in Africa, ITU estimates that providing internet access for everyone on the continent will cost nearly $97 billion in investments. Giant tech companies are taking up this challenge.

Covid-19 pandemic disrupted learning for 15 million students in primary and secondary institutions. Schools closed between March and October 2020.

In Kenya, the pandemic disrupted learning for 15 million students in primary and secondary institutions. Schools closed on 16 March 2020, were partial

Despite government efforts to provide digital resources for students kept out of school for most of 2020, access to these platforms was deeply unequal

Die Technik der „Solar Impulse“, die 2015 bis 2016 um die Welt flog, wird wiederbelebt – als autonome militärische Aufklärungsdrohne.

Share this article SpaceX, an American private space exploration company founded by Elon Musk, is seeking necessary licenses to bring Starlink, its internet service into Nigeria. This was disclosed by Ryan Goodnight, SpaceX’s Starlink Market Access Director for Africa, in a meeting with Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) Executive Vice-Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, last Friday in Abuja. From L – R: Consultant to SpaceX, Levin Born; Director, Spectrum Administration, Nige...

Google’s Loon failure raised an awkward question FILE PHOTO: A Google Project Loon internet balloon is seen at the Google I/O 2016 developers conference in Mountain View, California. (REUTERS)Premium . Updated: 07 Feb 2021, 07:13 PM IST Bloomberg More than three billion people live in areas with mobile broadband but don’t use the internet. Why? Share Via Read Full Story A decade ago, less than a third of the people in developing regions had access to fast mobile internet connections. Th...

It never really took off (commercially), apparently Matthew Hughes Fri 22 Jan 2021 // 14:02 UTC Share Copy Alphabet has stuck a pin in its Project Loon broadband project, which sought to use high-altitude balloons to extend connectivity to areas considered hard to reach by traditional telcos. Word of Loons cancellation came from the companys CEO, Alastair Westgarth, who attributed the decision to problems in commercialising the tech. "We talk a lot about connecting the n...

By Norman Palihawadane The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has recorded statements from 255 individuals up to yesterday regarding the recent Mahara Prison riot. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana told The Island that 27 statements had been recorded on Saturday (12) alone. Among them were statements from 11 prison officials and 16 inmates. The CID launched investigations into the incidents on Dec 1. The expert committee appointed for the conducting of postmortems of the inmates who died ...

The Lanka Sama Samaja Party and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka have opposed the abolition of the Public Utilities Commission. In a joint statement, the LSSP and the CP have said that the Commission was established by the Parliament Act No. 35 of 2002 and “no institution outside Parliament has the power to abolish an institution established by an Act of Parliament, and that this can only be done by Parliament itself.” The Joint Statement, signed by LSSP General Secretary Prof. Tissa Vitara...