This paper focused on the report of the annual meeting of the African technical advisory committee (ATAC).

The role of information and communication technologies as a potent force for economic and social development is increasingly been recognized worldwide.the transition of the internet from a tool for a few to communication, ...

This paper focuses on summaries of ADF’ 99 electronic discussion list. The summaries presented here reflect the discussions by theme and by date of their posting to the list. They are presented to participants at the forum ...

A map is an efficient tool for communicating geographic information. Traditionally Maps have been distributed in paper form with the topographic map as the most Common example. Nowadays, geographic data are stored in data ...

The main sectors of the Mauritian economy will now be identified and the state of telemetric use in these different sectors will be discussed. The five main sectors of the economy can be regarded as follows: (1) Public ...

A nation's ability to fully develop an Information Society depends on the capacity of its people to be educated, to assimilate, and to process complex information. In this context,higher education institutions play a ...

This manual provides technical guidelines to understand the composition, networking and roles of the practitioners or Communities of Practices (CoPs) specialized on Poverty Reduction Strategies(PRS) and the Millennium ...

The sub-committee gave emphasis to the promotion of ICTs in the development of the continent. It also examined in depth ECA’s work programme in information and communication technologies. Participants presented reports on ...

We are in the age of the knowledge economy. The development process no longer focuses on the availability of land, labour and capital, in the traditional sense but on the importance and level of knowledge. The knowledge ...