News around the Web: 5 May

With the future looking bleak for Nitel, the Nigerian Ministry of Information and Communications has appealed to the presidency to save the home-grown telecom company. The Vanguard has the full story.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7787&Itemid=42
 
According to Daily Nation, Kenya’s coffee farmers must embrace technology that will link them to buyers around the world. While only five percent of Kenyan coffee was sold under a new direct sales system last year, twenty additional growers have now applied for marketing licenses.
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=3&newsid=122534
 
COMPUTER Point, an information communication technology company, is urging Ugandan government agencies to invest in data recovery systems. The New Vision reports on the systems’ potential to help the government run without interruption in the case of physical disaster.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/626098