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1. Africa's booming tech space will define the continent's future

   (Newsletters)

   ... and the Java and UNIX platforms. I posit that Africa's tech space is positioning itself to offer a similar magical combination of factors that will allow Africa's digerati to define themselves. In 2009, ...

   Thursday, 27 May 2010

2. Uganda: mobile software alerts users to blackouts

   (News/Innovation)

   Tags: [mobile applications, Java, Appfrica, Uganda]  ...

   Wednesday, 13 May 2009

3. Mobile doctor always on call

   (News/ICT)

   ... as iPhone, Android and Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME). J2ME-compatible phones are favoured by African users, who generally cannot afford the more expensive smartphones - but they are the ones who most need ...

   Thursday, 01 July 2010

4. Uganda: mobile software alerts users to blackouts

   (News/Innovation)

   ... alert users to power outages in the office or home. OhmSMS is a mobile midlet (a java application framework for mobile devices) developed by Dennis Senyonjo, a 22-year-old computer science student at ...

   Wednesday, 13 May 2009