25/05/2010
Africa's IT community celebrates the growth of home-grown software development; News of one-to-one classical music training via Skype; The rise of social networking at the Eurovision Song Contest
Fifty years on from many African countries independence, the IT world in Africa celebrates the growth of home-grown software. From the Idlelo conference in Accra, Ghana, Dorothy Gordon talks about how Africans are doing it for themselves.
Skype now offers the possibility for one-to-one training for music lovers. Nivedita Pathak eaves drops in on a lesson given by Aparna Panshikar.
And the consummate blogger and broadcaster, Ewan Spence reports on the rise of social networking at the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Software conference in Ghana
Dorothy Gordon talks about the growth of software developers in Africa.
Duration: 07:26
Learning music via Skype
Nivedita Pathak attends an classical music a lesson given by Aparna Panshikar via Skype.
Duration: 06:55
Eurovision Song Contest
Ewan Spence reports on the rise of social networking at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Duration: 06:35
Broadcasts
- Tue 25 May 2010 09:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Tue 25 May 2010 14:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Tue 25 May 2010 19:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Wed 26 May 2010 00:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
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