Spinoza said, "Nature abhors a vacuum" - in much of Africa, for too long there was an information vacuum; Central and Western countries, in particular, have lacked a real landline infrastructure.
A Masters student from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, has found a way to improve the performance of one of the world's leading search engines.
If South Africa is to truly move into being a global economy, issues such as limited or no connectivity need to be addressed; international research has shown that there is a direct correlation between pervasive broadband and fast-tracked economic growth, but in order for pervasive broadband to become a reality, the obstacles to building extensive networks must be addressed.
Despite European regulations to prevent electronic waste from being dumped in Africa and Asia, a hidden flow of end-of-life electronics has been threatening to drown West Africa. Consumers International has been calling for tighter government monitoring and greater corporate responsibility to prevent the effective dumping of toxic electronics on the developing world.
Reichle and De-Massari (R&M) has been named the network infrastructure provider for the Toyota Egypt project, to deliver a robust end to end cabling solution deploying R&M's innovative enterprise cabling portfolio.
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