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World Bank automates Ghana Stock Exchange
A World Bank-assisted project to automate the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) is nearing completion, with the electronic depository functions becoming operational as the exchange excels amid a crippling global financial market.  read more »

MTEL employees strike over non-payment of salaries, benefits  read more »

Intelsat New Dawn to serve Africa by 2011
Intelsat has entered into a joint venture with Convergence Partners, South Africa's leading investor group, to build and launch a new satellite into the 33º East orbital location by 2011.  read more »

SADC ministers launch Science and Technology Desk
Science and technology ministers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) officially launched a Science and Technology Desk to speed development in the region.  read more »

NATCOM meets telcos over tariffs
At the second interactive meeting with GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) operators in Sierra Leone on Tuesday, the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) regulatory body called on telcos to revisit their call tariffs.  read more »

Kenya launches four-year ICT master plan
The Kenya Ministry of Information and Communication has launched a four-year master plan at a cost of 65 billion Kenyan shillings (US$820.7 million), calculated to enhance the country's ICT standards.  read more »

ITU advocates infrastructure sharing
Infrastructure sharing will serve the global ICT sector well, especially in the face of the current economic downturn, according to a report by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released last week.

Epihandy uses mobile technology for data collection
Uganda's Makerere University and the University of Bergen in Norway have leveraged mobile technology to launch the Epihandy survey data management suite, which aims to simplify data collection and entry in the field.  read more »

Econet Wireless launches Yu, promises cheaper calls
Five years after receiving a license to provide GSM (Global Service for Mobile Communications) services in Kenya, Econet Wireless has launched the Yu brand with a promise to change the existing pricing model.  read more »

Two Uganda banks launch mobile services  read more »