DCA Digital Digest: DotConnectAfrica Trust wins landmark legal victory, as ICANN loses MSJ

DCA Trust, the African based  promoter of the Yes2DotAfrica Campaign and principal applicant for the .Africa Internet new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Extension scored an important victory against the United States-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in an ongoing legal battle at the Los Angeles Superior Court in the State of California, United States of America.
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2. Increased focus on lowering smartphone costs could drive next African smartphone boom

For many years, African countries served as the growth engine for the global smartphone market. Recent times, however, tell a different story.
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3. Critical Bluetooth flaw could put nearly every connected device at risk of cyber attack

A new attack vector called Blue-borne could put billions of connected devices at risk of a cyber attack, according to research from Armis Labs.
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4. Digital literacy and cardboard computers: the view from Tanzania

Affordable education and affordable opportunities are some of the promises that we can say are being delivered today, in some parts of the world, under this year’s International Literacy Day theme .
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5. Mobile Money Technology Bringing Electricity to Remote Areas in East Africa

Solar technology has also enabled electricity companies in the region to develop smart prepaid meters that allow customers to purchase electricity in the form of units through their mobile phones.
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6. Africa’s most innovative – and controversial – tech hacks

Africa may be taking a great leap forward into the digital era. But when technology reaches a new area, the hackers are never far behind.

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7. Kenya’s Broadband Speeds Are The Highest In Africa

Kenya is ranked 51st globally because of the impressive internet speed it has of about 9mbps, which basically means it takes a short time to download a 7.5GB HD movie. Kenya also beat the United States and South Korea which is also known to have a very fast speed.
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