Two online-focussed job openings have been posted under the African Initiative at CIGI (based in Canada): Project and Publications Coordinator, Africa Portal Program Specialist, African Initiative. Postings are open until July 30,2010 and applicants should submit cover letter and CV to careers@cigionline.org. Project and Publications Coordinator, African Portal: http://bit.ly/9NvL0X Program

Although English, French and Portuguese are the official languages used in most African countries, many Africans are in fact more comfortable and eloquent using their indigenous languages, particularly when communicating with friends or when they want to fully express their views. This could not be more evident than in Ethiopia

The Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC) is having its seventh Open Public Forum today Friday the 2nd of July 2010 at the Sarova Panafric Hotel from 8.00 am. KENIC’s mandate as the .KE registry is to the manage the Kenya’s country code top level domains (ccTLD). The forum will be