Investments in broadband and women researchers

By Maina Waruru. Universities in Senegal will benefit from high-speed broadband internet from the end of November, and the government is to allocate funds to support women researchers, according to press reports.
At the signing of an agreement with Sonatel, the national telecommunications agency, Higher Education and Research Minister Professor Mary Teuw Niane announced that a large bandwidth of 2 x 155Mb would be available within the university system by the end of November, reported Agence de Presse Sénégalaise, or APS, of Dakar. Read more...