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301.	NEPAD E-School; Africa on the march
	Wednesday, August 10, 2005  by Admin
	The first phase of the e-initiative by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) to connect all primary and secondary schools to the Internet in 10 years has taken off in Uganda. The aim of this pilot scheme is to improve access to education and equip young Africans with information and communication technology skills. Secondary schools are to adopt the programme in five (5) years and primary schools in ten (10).
302.	Making Knowledge Networks Work for the Poor
	Tuesday, August 9, 2005  by Admin
	“Knowledge is the sense that people make of information�. Making knowledge Networks Work for the Poor is an initiative seeking to improve integration and co-ordination internationally of information and knowledge resources on appropriate technology.
303.	Can ICTs fight poverty in Africa?
	Tuesday, August 9, 2005  by Admin
	Information needs are critical both for personal development and educational achievement. The Information Technologies and Education for the Poor in Africa (ITEPA) component of Imfundo attempts to understand the current state of practice in the use of ICTs among very poor people in Africa (South Africa and Ghana in particular), in non-formal education and community development settings.
304.	BBC SWAHILI WEBSITE that SPEAKS BOLDLY ABOUT SEX aims to break down taboos and myths
	Monday, August 8, 2005  by Admin
	BBC Swahili and the BBCs international charity, BBC World Service Trust have launched a Swahili language website which aims to break down taboos and myths around sex and sexuality and reach a wider, younger audience - available at www. bbcswahili.com.
305.	Farmers turn richer thanks to ICT Tips
	Friday, August 5, 2005  by Admin
	The Centre for Crops Marketing Bureau (CROMABU) is said to have improved farmers in Mwanza access to market information and crop prices from various part of the Country. The article contains testimonials from users that it has indeed improved their accessibility markets.
306.	Farmers turn richer thanks to ICT Tips
	Friday, August 5, 2005  by Admin
	The Centre for Crops Marketing Bureau (CROMABU) is said to have improved farmers in Mwanza access to market information and crop prices from various part of the Country. The article contains testimonials from users that it has indeed improved their accessibility markets.
307.	Getting the poor connected, can public-private partnerships help to overcome the information divide
	Thursday, August 4, 2005  by Admin
	The 21st Century has seen extraordinary progress in ICTs. Yet these advances have left out the majority of the people in developing nations, the poor people in particular. To overcome these constraints on lack of access to technology, public-private partnerships (PPPs) appear to be a more appropriate model for delivering these ICT services.
308.	Getting the poor connected, can public-private partnerships help to overcome the information divide
	Thursday, August 4, 2005  by Admin
	The 21st Century has seen extraordinary progress in ICTs. Yet these advances have left out the majority of the people in developing nations, the poor people in particular. To overcome these constraints on lack of access to technology, public-private partnerships (PPPs) appear to be a more appropriate model for delivering these ICT services.
309.	ICTs, Globalisation and Poverty Reduction: Gender Dimensions of the Knowledge Society
	Thursday, August 4, 2005  by Admin
	Part II. Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction in the Knowledge Society. Despite the many barriers which prevent women from becoming full participants in the knowledge society, increasing evidence is emerging which indicates that ICTs can provide many opportunities for women to improve their income generation, levels of education, health, provide them with information and awareness concerning their public and private rights, and improve the wellbeing of themselves and their families.
310.	African Telecommunication Indicators 2004
	Wednesday, August 3, 2005  by Admin
	This report is an indispensable reference book of telecommunication facts and figures for the African region. The publication provides a brief overview of market trends and includes some 20 regional tables covering key telecommunication indicators, 55 individual country pages with a five year profile from 1998-2002, and a directory with names of telecommunication ministries, regulators and operators in the region.
311.	The Internet Diffusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross Country Analysis
	Wednesday, August 3, 2005  by Admin
	This paper employs notions of digital inequality and digital divide to describe two levels of information and communication technologies - inequality of access to the cluster of technology measured by Internet use intensity and the other on convergence of skills and other resources that differentiate sub-Saharan African countries.
312.	ICT Indicators in Education
	Wednesday, August 3, 2005  by Admin
	The objectives of this paper is to understand Why we want ICTS in schools and colleges and How we measure ICTs in schools colleges. Some of the questions it raises include: 1) Does using a computer increase achievement? 2) Why should children use computers? 3) Why should teachers use computers?
313.	Core ICT Business Indicators
	Wednesday, August 3, 2005  by Admin
	This paper was presented during a Capacity-building Workshop on Information Society Measurements, Beirut, 7-10 June 2005. The workshop was organized by UNCTAD - electronic commerce branch. It highlights availability of business data, ICT business indicators and a summary of findings from the UNCTAD e-business survey of 2005.
314.	Information Society Measurements: Core Set of Indicators, Basic Access and Infrastructure
	Wednesday, August 3, 2005  by Admin
	This paper was presented during a capacity building workshop on Information and Society Measurement: Core indicators, Statistics and Data collection which was held in Lebanon between June 7th -10th, 2005. This paper has categorized core indicators to Availability of infrastructure to use ICTs; Affordability; Quality of service; Universal access.
315.	The role of ICT in Poverty Reduction
	Tuesday, August 2, 2005  by Admin
	The paper identifies various ICT roles in poverty sectors such as Employment opportunities in increasing access to market information and lowering transaction costs; Education and Health programs; Monitoring of food security (weather, droughts) and ICT in Governance. In all of these, ICTs offer tools and application but not solutions. By providing cheap and efficient tools for the exchange of information, ideas and knowledge, ICTs can become an enabling tool for socio-economic development.
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