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- On 5 May, 2012 the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) rewarded bloggers that post on a regular basis, have great and useful content, are creative and innovative. The awards are part of BAKE’s efforts in the promotion of quality content creation.

As part of an effort to bridge the ‘digital divide’, the Intel Learning Series Alliance in partnership with Jasco, Custom Technologies and the Xavier Group, have delivered a completely solar powered ‘Classroom on Wheels’ to Victorious Primary School in Uganda.

In april 2012 Viafrica's pilot 'KIDSworks' began in Tanzania and Kenya. The project Kidsworks will provide ICT support to some social organisations that visit schools with life skills programmes. These organisations are Macheo Children's Centre and Watoto in Kenya and White Orange Youth in Tanzania.

- Nigeria - The Ministry of Communications Technology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nokia, aimed at stimulating growth of Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector in Nigeria.

In a historical and trend setting education delivery development in Africa, consumer electronics firm Samsung Electronics East Africa has sealed a joint partnership with Strathmore University to rollout a digital learning solution.

For the first time in Kenya, students enrolling at the Strathmore University to pursue their Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) program will receive their course content and related materials digitally through the Samsung Learning Management Solution [Samsung LMS].The rollout will begin with the May Semester.

- Ghana: 198 Students Receive Laptops Under Mastes Programme in Eatern Region.
The donation which forms part of the third phase of the MASTES, aims at producing 9000 laptop computers to schools and institutions across the country to enhance teaching and learning of science and mathematics. Similar donations would be replicated across other regional capitals.

The award winning Tunisian blog Nawaat, in partnership with Tunisian Ministère de la Jeunesse et des Sports & Canal France Internationale (CFI), has launched a new project in Tunisia to create citizen journalism clubs in youth centres. Six local citizen media collectives have been started in Sidi Bouzid, Kasserine, Bizerte, Makther, Gafsa, and Gebili – all located in Tunisia’s interior and south. These citizen journalism collectives will allow people to use the computers of the youth centers and disseminate news and views through six platforms.

What is International Girls in ICT Day?

International Girls’ in ICT Day is an initiative backed by ITU Member States in Plenipotentiary Resolution 70 (Guadalajara, 2010) to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of information and communication technologies (ICTs). International Girls in ICT Day is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in April every year. This year, International Girls in ICT day was held on 26 April 2012.

Who organizes Girls in ICT Day events?

- Medical Services minister Anyang' Nyong'o is calling on Kenyans to embrace information technology in the provision and access to health services. Nyong'o said his ministry is committed to implement the goals of vision 2030 which seek to improve the health outcomes and indicators of Kenyans by shifting focus from curative to preventive, and eventually promotive health care. He was speaking yesterday in Nairobi while launching a two-day workshop on e-health. The conference seeks to discuss ways of integrating m-health into e-health.