Undoubtedly healthcare institutions in Tanzania must strive together to further the interactive sharing of healthcare knowledge and information through newer and faster ways harnessing the ‘transformational’ potential of ICT can significantly enable the health sectors to transform their unstructured processes into automated routine transactions.

To become more effective in bridging the digital-divide in developing world, the Information Technology (IT) consultants should operate like crusaders rather than presenting like expensive experts. That was a word of advice from the director of information in the Tanzanian Commission for Science & Technology (COSTECH), Mr. Theophil Mlaki to 20 IT Consultants who accomplished a special training on new IT practices in Dar es Salaam recently.

Review of the eGovernment Report

Much have been said about how the Information and Communication technologies (ICT) can be used to reduce poverty, improve lives and empower people. However, in Africa where majority of population is rural, the problem remains on how modern ICT such as mobile phones, computers and the Internet can effectively enhance the livelihood of small-scale farmers who form the spine of most African economies.

The media and minority elite in control of information flows has disseminated many stories and advertisements on the benefits of mobile phones as a modern ICT but still there are amazing facts under the cover...

"Where is the money for bridging the digital divide and building Information Society?" “How do we acquire the expertise to develop infrastructure and install the necessary Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)?”