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Six years ago, the World Bank teamed up with the Kenyan government to launch an ambitious digital villages project, commonly known as "Pasha."

Africa's country code top-level domains and Internet service providers have implemented DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) in order to attract more users.

Kenya entered the second day of vote counting Wednesday as network connectivity, data transmission and server configuration issues hindered the final result announcement, causing anxiety.

Lack of legacy systems, adoption of mobile technology and a youthful population will help Africa leapfrog other regions in IT by adopting more advanced systems, according to IBM CEO and Chairman Ginni Rometty.

South Africa's Altech Group has ended direct management of its loss-making East Africa arm by selling its ownership stake in various operations to Liquid Telecom Group.

Eight African countries have begun setting up Internet exchange points as part of an ambitious project by the Internet Society and the African Union Commission, aimed at improving interconnectivity between countries and reducing connectivity costs.