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166.	Supporting Women's Use of Information Technologies for Sustainable Development
	Thursday, June 22, 2006  by Admin
	The central question of this study concerns African women's use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), including issues of access, the benefits African women experience and can expect to experience from ICTs, and the role they can and do play in the production and dissemination of information. This study is organised into three sections - the situation of African women vis a vis their social, technological and information contexts; barriers to women's full use of ICTs, and strategies for overcoming those barriers; guidelines and recommendations for future projects and research to facilitate women's participation in the information society.
167.	Capacity building using an online training course
	Thursday, June 22, 2006  by Admin
	This paper reports the findings of an evaluation of an online course for policy-makers in Southern Africa. The objectives of the study were to determine the appropriateness and effectiveness of the management process leading to the development and implementation of the online course; the usage of the platform and CD for online discussions, quality of the online course materials, user-friendliness of the online system, the worthiness of the different types of support systems and the learners' views of the online course. Most of the learners viewed the online course worth taking, though most were frustrated by the low bandwidth which made it difficult for them to browse and surf the Internet and download PDF files.
168.	Wiring sub-Saharan Africa for Development
	Thursday, June 22, 2006  by Admin
	The information revolution provides an invaluable new set of tools for all partners striving to achieve sustainable development. This paper discusses the uses of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the dimensions of access and the digital divide, and the development of telecentres in the sub-Saharan African region.
169.	Knowledge, technology and cluster based growth in Africa
	Thursday, June 22, 2006  by Admin
	Although, in general, Africa is falling behind in today’s global economic race, there are a number of pockets of vitalities scattered in various countries and industries, in the form of enterprise clusters. Even though these clusters enable enterprises to overcome constraints in capital, skills, technology, and make contributions to the economic growth, they also face technological, natural resource, environment and quality challenges as well as global competition. This paper is based on the evidence presented in the studies, with a focus on the knowledge and technology aspects.
170.	Global Prize for IT Benefiting Youth in Developing Countries
	Wednesday, June 21, 2006  by Admin
	The Development Gateway Foundation is calling for nominations for its US$100,000 prize for outstanding achievement in the use of information and communication technologies to improve lives in developing countries. Sponsored in part by Intel Corporation, this year's Development Gateway Award is focusing on initiatives that empower or improve the conditions of youth.
171.	ICT for Development Success Stories Knowledge Development Series
	Saturday, June 17, 2006  by Admin
	This publication is a compilation of initiatives that are using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to make a real and meaningful difference in communities around the world, no matter how disadvantaged or isolated they may be. These stories on Youth, Poverty and Gender are snapshots of the learning process that accompanies the introduction and implementation of Its in a community development project.
172.	Internet Governance: Issues, Actors, Divides
	Saturday, June 17, 2006  by Admin
	Although Internet Governance deals with a major of the digital world, it cannot be handled with a digital – binary logic of true/false and good/bad. This publication does not try to provide definitive statements on Internet Governance issues but it aims to propose a practical framework for the analysis, discussion and resolution of the key problems in this field. The publication is part of the Global Knowledge Partnership’s ‘Knowledge for Development Series’, an overall effort to increase the availability of information and knowledge on various issues in the area of ICT4D.
173.	The Knowledge Economy, the KAM Methodology and World Bank Operations
	Monday, June 12, 2006  by Admin
	This paper highlights the importance of knowledge for long-term economic growth. It presents the concept of the knowledge economy, an economy where knowledge is the main engine of economic growth. The paper also introduces the knowledge economy framework, which asserts that sustained investments in education, innovation, information and communication technologies, and a conducive economic and institutional environment will lead to increases in the use and creation of knowledge in economic production, and consequently result in sustained economic growth.
174.	Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) for Poverty Reduction: When, Where and How?
	Monday, June 12, 2006  by Admin
	Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), including the Internet, are generating changes in markets, private and public sectors and economies in the more and less developed world. This paper starts with economic perspectives on poverty and poverty reduction on one hand and ICTs as technologies with characteristics which shape their impact on development and poverty reduction on the other.
175.	Conference on IT and Economic Development
	Friday, June 9, 2006  by Admin
	Theme: Exploiting IT for Economic Development Dates: July 21st - 23rd July 2006, Ghana.
176.	EASSY Declaration signed by Southern and Eastern Africa Ministers
	Friday, June 9, 2006  by Admin
	Johannesburg, 7 June 2006. Government ministers from Southern and Eastern Africa have signed a declaration on the East Africa Submarine System Project known as Eassy. The declaration signed in Johannesburg yesterday commits fifteen countries to this project which is expected to see the construction of infrastructure to ensure cheap broadband access for countries on the eastern side of Africa (from Mozambique to Sudan)EASSY. The construction of the undersea cable is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2008 according to one of the signatories, Kenyan Deputy Minister David Were.
177.	Building R&D capacity in African Information Communications Technologies
	Thursday, June 8, 2006  by Admin
	African Virtual Open Initiatives (AVOIR) aims at enabling African Universities to build capacities to design, develop and support free and open source software. AVOIR ia about connecting Africans to Africans and the world to enable the skills and knowledge that exists within the contintent to come together via the internet so that collaboratively they can contribute to development and create job opportunities.
178.	Towards Knowledge Socities
	Wednesday, June 7, 2006  by Admin
	Knowledge is today recognized as the object of huge economic, political and cultural stakes, to the joint justifiably qualifying the societies currently emerging. A knowledge society is a society that is nurtured by its diversity and its capacities but most importantly, fosters knowledge- sharing. This UNESCO report attempts to offer ethical and practical pointers guided by a strong conviction that emerging societies cannot make do wit being components of a global information society.
179.	The role of ICT in doing business
	Wednesday, June 7, 2006  by Admin
	A vibrant private sector - where firms invest, create jobs, and improve their productivity - promotes growth and increases opportunities for poor people (World Bank 2004). A good communication and information infrastructure is an essential part of overall infrastructure; it can improve connectivity between firms, suppliers, and clients as well as provide business opportunities. This chapter from a main report presents the pattern of firm behaviour related to ICT use along with the effect of ICT use on enterprise performance based on empirical analysis.
180.	Towards a Public Key Infrastructure Framework for East African Community
	Wednesday, June 7, 2006  by Admin
	This paper on Deploying a PKI Framework for East African Community was presented at the Cyber Laws Workshop for EAC in Kamapala, April 2006. A PKI (public key infrastructure) enables users of a basically unsecure public network such as the Internet to securely and privately exchange data and money through the use of a public and a private cryptographic key pair that is obtained and shared through a trusted authority. The paper recommends that the East African Community (EAC) spearhead the preparation of regional and nutritional information security strategies with implementation plans.
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