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Africa: Empowerment through digital convergence

Monday, September 8th, 2008 @ 15:06 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: South Africa
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Internet & Telecoms, Software & Tools, Technology
Languages:: English

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