Communication / ICT in Congo Brazzaville
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BOTSWANA, 2016/02/08
"Mean spirited", "inhumane" and desecrating the spirit of the Refugee Convention are some of the milder criticisms levelled at Denmark's harsh new asylum laws, passed last week.
Part new measures is a decision to strip new arrivals of any cash and valuables worth additional than 10,000 kroner (US$1,450), purportedly to pay for their upkeep. Switzerland and some southern German states have introduced similar policies.
It's a move that reflects the fragmenting world of European migration policy, lacking in solidarity, empathy and basic human decency. But what of the financial implications for asylum seekers?
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CONGO BRAZZAVILLE, 2015/05/22
The Republic of the Congo has four major mobile network companies, but the sector is presently preparing to extend communications networks across the country
The Republic of the Congo’s telecommunications industry has gone from almost nothing in 1997, at the same time as the Central African country went through a brief civil war, to a situation where today nearly 95% of the country’s people has access to wireless services.
This dramatic transformation has occurred at the same time as widespread economic increase has been felt across the republic, largely driven by reforms from President Denis Sassou Nguesso.
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CONGO BRAZZAVILLE, 2013/01/02
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BOTSWANA, 2012/07/30
As people the world over go online, the majority of users' primary means of Internet access will be their mobile phones. This is according to the new “Traffic and Market Statement” by Ericsson, which looks at the mobile landscape for the next five years.
Ericsson's chief of strategic marketing and intelligence, Patrick Cerwall, says: “The Internet is going mobile. Mobile PC and tablet subscriptions will, by 2017, be on the same level as fixed broadband subscriptions.”
