[kictanet] Fw: Quality of VoIP in Africa - Tracing IP packets from the USA into Africa

Matunda Nyanchama mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com
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   December 8, 2013    
 
Quality of VoIP in Africa - Tracing IP packets from the USA into Africa
Africans, whether living in Africa or in the Diaspora, have explored many Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to beat the high cost of communicating with their loved ones. Viber, Skype, Vonage, MagicJack and Rebtel, are some of the services that are commonly used. Rebtel is a more recent and not well known service offering voice calls for as low as 4c a minute from the USA to Africa. Read more...
 
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The Need for Ethical Hackers and Whistle-Blowers in Africa
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Andile Ngcaba, founder of Convergence Partners, and Executive Chairman of Dimension Data Middle East and Africa, has been named to an international panel on the Future of Global Internet Cooperation, to address the issue of Internet governance. The panel will meet for the first time in December in London, and its report, which will include principles for global Internet cooperation, a proposed framework for such cooperation, stakeholder relations, and a roadmap for future Internet governance, is expected to be released for comment in early 2014. Read more...    
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2013 Africa-EU Cooperation Forum on ICT
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International Conference on ICT and Development
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