John Yarney

South Africa open source advocates are saying that a new IT policy framework proposal that advocates the use of open source software would, if approved, go a long way toward encouraging local developers to create and sell new products.

Open source advocates in Ghana are taking advantage of a copyright bill being considered in the country's parliament to push the government to adopt Linux, according to participants at the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Government conference here Friday.

Telecom Management Partner (TMP), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor ASA, has entered into a three-year management agreement with Ghana's biggest telecommunications operator