John Yarney

An agreement that puts Ghana's laws online is part of a growing trend in Africa.

With several vendors starting trials for third-generation wireless services in Africa, and other providers recently announcing their intention to try out the technology, people across the continent are due to get their first taste of the new technology.

Ghana and Angola have become most recent African signatories to agreements with Microsoft Corp.

To help reap economic benefits from information and communication technology (ICT), some countries on the African continent are creating new-company incubators and technology parks.

South Africa is working toward transforming itself into a software exporter by developing an open source software (OSS) industry.

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. (ACS) has given a vote of confidence to the West African country of Ghana as a competitive location for business process outsourcing (BPO) facilities worldwide, with a planned expansion of its workforce there.

Countries in Africa are gradually adopting strategies that promote the use of Linux as an alternative to Windows, and South Africa is leading the charge, with the government's recent approval of an open source software adoption plan.

Countries in Africa are gradually adopting strategies that promote the use of Linux as an alternative to Windows, and South Africa is leading the charge, with the government's recent approval of an open source software adoption plan.