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The future orientation of geoinformation activities in Africa : an extended summary
(2001-05)
This study is part of coordinated activities by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to "raise awareness of African governments and other sectors of society on the importance of geographic information ...
Report of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to the sub-committee on Geo-Information at the second meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI-2)
(2001-08)
This report presents the activities carried out by the Commission in the field of Geoinformation, since the first meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI), held in Addis Ababa from 28 June - 2 July 1999. ...
Ad-Hoc expert group meeting on (3z(Bstudy on the future orientation of geoinformation activities in Africa(3y :(B report of the meeting
(2000-11)
The meeting, forming part of the ECA work programme 1998-1999, was convened to
review a preliminary study of the status of GIS development in Africa, looking at the extent to which on-going or planned GIS approaches and ...
A study on the use of GIS in statistical offices in Africa
(2001-12)
In most African countries the National Statistics Office (NSO) has responsibility for collecting, processing, analyzing and disseminating statistics on a wide range of demographic, social, economic, and environmental topics. ...
Windhoek declaration on an African geodetic reference frame (AFREF) : outcome of the workshop on AFREF
(2003-03)
A uniform coordinate reference system is fundamental to any development project, application, service or product that requires some form of geo-referencing. All countries in the world have established some form of geodetic ...
Technologies de l'information et de la communication pour le secteur de la santé : forum pour le développement Africain'99 sommet post FDA
(2001-08)
La crise débilitante résultant du VIH/SIDA en Afrique sub-saharienne et l’impact que cela a eu sur le développement de la malaria et de la tuberculose sont des aspects d'horreur. Chaque jour compte près de 1 million de ...
Establishiment of a geographic database facility for Africa
(2001-08)
This paper focused on the establishment of a geographic database facility for Africa. The African regional facility shall lead African stakeholders in development of the African geospatial data infrastructure.
Brief note on ITCA
(2001-08)
The Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA) is information and communication technology (ICT) focused exhibition and learning centre. The concept of ITCA has grown out of the need to wrap a framework around the ...
The African Information Society Initiative (AISI) : a decade's perspective
(2008-03)
The African Information Society Initiative (AISI), launched in 1996 is perhaps one of the most comprehensive regional ICT-for-development frameworks of its kind. The first 10 years of AISI has been devoted to laying the ...
UN-ICT task force African regional meeting: united nations conference center Addis Ababa 21-22 January 2001
(2001-01)
At the invitation of the Economic Commission for Africa (EC A) and with the support of the United Nations ICT Task Force secretariat, a meeting was organised to launch the UN ICT Task Force African Stakeholders Network in ...