COVER: Slum school now living digital dream

People in these regions find it difficult and should thus travel longer distances to make financial transactions

Odion Ighalo grew up in Nigeria as an avid Manchester United fan. Now he is living his "dream" by playing for them.

The British school building a digital forest in Rwanda

>Halphani Masukira, primary school education officer for Iringa Municipality, believes that many  underprivileged girls in rural areas now have access to more opportunities than ever before.

>Small Braille machines can be seen on top of desks occupied by students dressed in  khaki shorts and blue sweaters on top of their white shirts. They sit quietly, and attentively listening to what  their teacher is reading aloud to them.

>In a rush against time, sounds of a hammer driving a nail into wood fills the air momentarily. We take a quick glance around the compound and we see men in overalls mixing cement and sand.

 Since December 31, 2012 Tanzania started migrating from analogue to digital broadcasting. The implementation has been successful by 100% which makes Tanzania the first country in the East African Community (EAC) and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to meet the deadline imposed by the International Telecommunication Unity (ITU). In fostering this process StarTimes in partnership with SmartCodes is now running a campaign which offers an added value to digital...

The Ghanaian police use tear gas on residents demonstrating against the demolition of an Accra slum.