Addressing The Digital Divide: E-Governance and M- Governance in a Hub and Spoke Model
This paper discusses e-governance and m- governance in a spoke and hub model. A generic process will be helpful for faster replication of services and greater penetration.

IBM partners with Grameen Foundation to expand its Open Source Microfinance Banking Platform and help eradicate poverty
IBM and Grameen Foundation announced a collaborative project to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) better serve poor communities around the world by expanding Mifos, Grameen Foundation's ground-br...

Lax intellectual property rights can help promote access to ICT
It is now beyond a shadow of doubt that developing countries need Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in order to be able to boost development and try to play catch up with the more devel...

National Information Technology Policy in Thailand: A Comparison among Organizational Sectors
This study, written by Graham Kenneth Winley, Chanissara Arjpru, Jittima Wongwuttiwat in the Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, was motivated by the challenges confron...

Hewlett Packard to aid Africa's e-waste battle
Computer company Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched a project to help local African enterprises perform safer and more effective electronic waste recycling.

Ugandan NGOs act as sub-contractors for international development agencies
International donors have increasingly channelled their aid directly through local non-government organisations (NGOs) rather than governments. In Uganda, is this encouraging the emergence of a domes...

A rural-urban Digital Divide? Regional aspects of Internet use in Tanzania
In this article, published by Bjorn Furuholt and Stein Kristiansen in the Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, a close look is taken at the digital divide within Tanza...

Survey of ICT and Education in Africa: A Summary Report, Based on 53 Country Surveys
This project seeks to gather together in a single resource the most relevant and useful information on ICT in education activities in Africa.

Report on the NEPAD e-Schools Demonstration Project: A Work in Progress
The NEPAD e-Schools Initiative is a multi-country, multi-stakeholder, continental project to teach ICT skills to young Africans in primary and secondary schools and improve the provision of education...

Enhancing rural livelihoods: The role of ICTs
Access, empowerment and individual champions are all essential ingredients for creating a local environment in which Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can contribute to rural liveliho...

The Communication Initiative (CI) has recently launched its new digital knowledge sharing, networking and interaction platform at www.comminit.com.
It includes over 35,000 knowledge summaries of programme action, strategic thinking, planning models, evaluation/research results, change theories etc across the full range of DEVELOPMENT ISSUES incl...

Ajegunle.org: Connecting youth with ICT
Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), which started in 2001 as on online volunteer team with the main objective of connecting Nigerian youths with ICT opportunities, is a social enterprise seeking to he...

African internet market poised for growth: Growth levels in double digits but penetration still low
The market for internet access and services in Africa is growing fast, but a number of hurdles still remain, according to research from Frost and Sullivan.

The digital gap: More than a click to put Africa online
When it comes to computing power, the gap between Africa and the broadband world is still a Grand Canyon. Only 4% of Africans have access to the internet. They pay the most in the world, around $250- ...

Frequently Asked Questions about Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in ICTs for Development
In response to the growing demand for information on multi-stakeholder processes in ICT policy, APC has produced this guide which seeks to contribute to the existing body of knowledge and experience ...