iConnect Collected: Experiences in ICT for Education, Livelihoods and Governance in Six African Countries
The Hague: International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2006), 60 pp.
Contains illustrations
Signature commbox: 100:70-Development 2006
"The iConnect website and monthly e-Bulletin is a major source for information on the application of knowledge and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in sustainable development. In 2005, as part of an effort to get more ‘southern voices’ into the current global discourse on ICT for development, iConnect formed a team of six coordinators in Africa who regularly commission articles by local journalists on the impact and the use of ICTs for development. The articles, written from a southern perspective, appear regularly on the iConnect website in English, French and Spanish." (Back cover)
EDUCATION
The challenge of the new technologies: education and ICT in Burkina Faso / Ramata Soré, 5
Developing skilled human resources: e-learning in Ghana / George Koomson, 8
Eradicating the digital divide: ICTs and education in Mali / Moussa Bolly, 11
Bringing Kiswahili to the internet: ICT and education in Tanzania / Aloyce Menda, 14
The Uconnect school project and SchoolNet Uganda / John Eremu, 17
Building a future: e-learning in Zambia / Kabukabu Mambwe, 20
LIVELIHOODS
Increasing exports through e-commerce in Burkina Faso / Ramata Soré, 24
Information intermediaries for agricultural livelihoods in Ghana / John Yarney, 27
Mamadou Kéita, e-commerce pioneer / Almahady Moustapha Cissé, 30
ICT for improved crop marketing in rural Tanzania / Aloyce Menda, 33
Village phones open up Uganda’s hinterland / Davis J. Weddi, 36
Electronic banking prepares the way for e-commerce in Zambia / Michael Malakata, 39
GOVERNANCE
Can ICT improve public service delivery in Burkina Faso? / Ramata Soré, 42
The Ghana.gov project / John Yarney, 45
Ambitious plans for e-governance in Mali / Almahady Moustapha Cissé, 48
Computerising local government in Tanzania: the Kinondoni experience / Aloyce Menda, 51
Transforming local government: e-governance in Uganda / Davis Weddi, 54
Boosting local authorities: e-governance in Zambia / Kabukabu Mambwe, 57
The challenge of the new technologies: education and ICT in Burkina Faso / Ramata Soré, 5
Developing skilled human resources: e-learning in Ghana / George Koomson, 8
Eradicating the digital divide: ICTs and education in Mali / Moussa Bolly, 11
Bringing Kiswahili to the internet: ICT and education in Tanzania / Aloyce Menda, 14
The Uconnect school project and SchoolNet Uganda / John Eremu, 17
Building a future: e-learning in Zambia / Kabukabu Mambwe, 20
LIVELIHOODS
Increasing exports through e-commerce in Burkina Faso / Ramata Soré, 24
Information intermediaries for agricultural livelihoods in Ghana / John Yarney, 27
Mamadou Kéita, e-commerce pioneer / Almahady Moustapha Cissé, 30
ICT for improved crop marketing in rural Tanzania / Aloyce Menda, 33
Village phones open up Uganda’s hinterland / Davis J. Weddi, 36
Electronic banking prepares the way for e-commerce in Zambia / Michael Malakata, 39
GOVERNANCE
Can ICT improve public service delivery in Burkina Faso? / Ramata Soré, 42
The Ghana.gov project / John Yarney, 45
Ambitious plans for e-governance in Mali / Almahady Moustapha Cissé, 48
Computerising local government in Tanzania: the Kinondoni experience / Aloyce Menda, 51
Transforming local government: e-governance in Uganda / Davis Weddi, 54
Boosting local authorities: e-governance in Zambia / Kabukabu Mambwe, 57
