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Africa Union: We must take ICT seriously

3^rd February 2010

Bingu wa Mutharika, the African Union (AU) c

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Courtesy of IT news Africa

THE African Union, which is holding its annual summit in Ethiopia, has expressed confidence in the growth of the information and communications technology in the sector.

The Union’s communication and information division said its projections were buoyed by latest data revealed by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

“African telephony network is characterized by quickly increasing mobile telephon… Continue

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