Less than a year after starting work in Ghana, the A4AI-Ghana Multi-stakeholder Coalition has notched up its first big win after the Government committed to abolish import duties on smartphones. This step — confirmed in the 2015 Budget presented this…
A4AI is excited to welcome three new representatives to the Alliance’s Advisory Council: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women Mike Jensen, Internet Access Specialist, Association for Progressive Communications Marília Maciel, Researcher and Coordinator, Center for Technology and Society of the…
Today, we’re celebrating the Alliance for Affordable Internet’s first birthday (check out our birthday infographic). Our vision of driving access prices down through policy and regulatory reform has resonated, and we’ve made rapid progress since our launch on October 7…
A little over a week ago, I was pleased to represent A4AI as moderator of a keynote panel at NigeriaCom. After listening to the discussion between participants on our panel and others, and chatting to many attendees, I was reassured…
On September 11, 2014, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria hosted an #InternetFreedom chat with our own Nnenna Nwakanma on the topic of increasing affordable broadband access in Nigeria. Read the chat below and let us know your thoughts! [View the…
The Alliance for Affordable Internet has announced that Dr Bitange Ndemo has decided not to seek a second term as honorary chairperson of the Alliance. Dr Ndemo’s first term ended in August 2014. We would like to thank Dr Ndemo…
A4AI team members Kojo Boakye and Dr Basheerhamad Shadrach will be participating in the CTO Forum 2014 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will examine “key aspects of ICT access and utilisation including infrastructure, connectivity, applications, value added services, data and security”.…
A4AI team members Kojo Boakye and Dr Basheerhamad Shadrach will be participating in the CTO Forum 2014 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will examine “key aspects of ICT access and utilisation including infrastructure, connectivity, applications, value added services, data and security”.…