Uganda orders investigation of network made by Huawei

The Ugandan government has ordered a probe into the national fibre optic project currently being developed by China’s Huawei Technologies in the country.

http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2012/10/uganda-orders-investigation-of-huaweis-fiber-optic-grid/

http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=170740&seqNum=7

The cost of building network into remote places like Uganda may be high as they may lack necessary infrastructure (like roads, electricity grid etc.).

According to New Vision in Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni has sent a letter to Prime Minister Amama that reportedly says he had “received intelligence information that Huawei used inferior cable type G-652 instead of type G-655.”

http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2012/10/uganda-orders-investigation-of-huaweis-fiber-optic-grid/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda

It is not easy to operate in LDC and doing business in Africa is expensive.

Ethiopia outlaws Skype

The telecoms law strictly prohibits VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) which includes audio and video related social media communication, and the transfer of information packages through the fast growing global cyber networks.

http://www.africareview.com/Business+++Finance/New+Ethiopian+law+criminalises+Skype/-/979184/1426020/-/ln43ps/-/index.html

Outlawing any form of communication is very bad for business and fundamentally destroys any possibilities for economic growth, which Ethiopia desperately needs.

In the last five years websites and blogs critical of the government have been frequently blocked and all Amharic language broadcasts targeting Ethiopia jammed.

http://www.africareview.com/Business+++Finance/New+Ethiopian+law+criminalises+Skype/-/979184/1426020/-/ln43ps/-/index.html

http://bafric.blogspot.fi/2012/03/linux-in-zambia.html

Linux in Zambia

The wireless networking is done using standard Wi-Fi kit. An omni-directional high-gain antenna on top of a water tower blankets a 3km radius at the heart of Macha with network signal, while beyond that directional antennas extend the range point to point.

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/how-linux-is-changing-lives-in-zambia-1067863

Linux and Ubuntu allows Zambia to be networked with low cost networks.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201203110129.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/

http://bafric.blogspot.com/2011/11/microsoft-launches-annual-sponsorship.html

http://www.zambian.com/