The Zimbabwe Internet Report

TIME: If you’re reading this in Africa, you’re one of a few who can. With just 50 million Web users across the continent, as few as 5% of Africans access the Internet, a percentage far lower than in Asia, Europe or the Americas. In only a handful of African countries do more than 1% of [...] ....

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By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - The blogger calls himself a “fat white man” and jokes about the right way to approach a cordon of Zimbabwean riot police: Don’t wear an opposition T-shirt, or ask for the results of the recent one-man presidential runoff. Instead, greet them with a breezy “Good morning! [...] ....

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By Sydney Kawadza and Victoria Ruzvidzo (The Herald) The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, police and the Anti-Corruption Commission have launched a joint blitz on illegal foreign currency dealers abusing the e-banking system at Internet cafes. At least 20 dealers who have been netted in the crackdown are expected to appear in court soon. Investigations have so far revealed [...] ....

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The Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registering that manages the .org highest rank level domain, have announced that there are now 7 million .org domain names registered worldwide. Driven by trends such as friendly networking, issue awareness, online political organizing, and community sites the .org top level domain is now the third largest generic domain (after [...] ....

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As the blogging phenomenon rips across the global web, a Zimbabwean online media group has set up a new blog that is set to add a whole new dimension to blogging in Zimbabwe. The blog- www.zimbablog.com, will bring together thousands of Zimbabwean bloggers around the world and enable them to share their experiences, opinions and ideas [...] ....

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Every year, more than 500 ICT professionals, students, lecturers and enthusiasts from all over the world gather at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa to showcase and discuss ICT innovations, developments and policies that relate to Internet governance and media for democracy. The event is called Highway Africa and it has been running for the last [...] ....

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Do you have half a million US dollars to spare? Well, if you do, you could be the proud owner of the domain Zimbabwe.com which goes on auction tomorrow (28 August 2008). While you’re at it you, may as well buy Zimbabwe.net, Zimbabwe.org or perhaps Zimbabwe.us Which are also on sale. You may wonder, who on [...] ....

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