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Preliminary reflection to launch an African action plan on e-governance
(2003-05)
E-governance or the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to facilitate public administration at the national, regional and local levels is considered as an important element of the information ...
Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information : conférence régionale africaine préparatoire
(2005-04)
La deuxième Conférence régionale africaine préparatoire à la seconde phase du Sommet mondial sur la société de l’information (SMSI) s’est tenue à Accra du 2 au 4 février 2005, à l’invitation du Gouvernement ghanéen et en ...
Whither PADIS
(1999-06)
ECA has been working to promote this new approach which the ECA Conference of Ministers adopted in 1996 as the African Information Society Initiative: an action framework to build African's information and communication ...
Scan-ICT: understanding ICT penetration and usage in Africa
(2005-04)
The Scan-ICT project is a multi-donor initiative that seeks to build support for the phased development of a comprehensive African capability to define, collect and manage key information needed to support the growing ...
Summary of the AISI electronic discussion on ICT and governance
(2003-04)
The aim of the forum was:
• to provide a space for discussion on e-government in Africa
• to determine trends and directions
• to provide realistic strategies for accelerating e-government process in Africa.
Discours d'ouverture prononcée par Joséphine Ouedraogo,Serétaire Exécutif adjointe, par intérim, Commission Economique pour l'Afrique
(2005-04)
Lors de la réunion du Comité de l’information pour le développement, Josephine Ouedrago, qui a fait la remarque d’ouverture, a noté que la réunion CODI donne un mechanisme intergouvernemental dont l’objectfif est d’amener ...
ECA's activities in the area of ICTs in 2005-2007 and work programme for the biennium 2008-2009, including highlights on the implementation of the fourth meeting of the committee(CODI IV)recommendations
(2007-05)
The fourth meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI) was held at the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 23 - 28 April 2005, on the theme ...
Review of the terms of reference of the Comittee on Development Information (CODI)
(1999-06)
The Committee on Development Information (CODI) is one of the seven subsidiary bodies of the Economic Commission for Africa, established in 1997 by the twenty-third meeting of the Conference of African Ministers responsible ...
Women and information communication technologies: setting the context for information literacy programme and social change in Cameroon
(2007-04)
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) define information literacy as the ability to identify, locate, access, evaluate and apply the needed information. Such a definition highlights the importance of ...
Geographical data as national asset : benefits of national situs addressing system for Africa
(2005-05)
In the context of the globalizing economy and rapid geoinformation development, African countries need to keep pace with developments in other technology areas. In this context, there is an urgent need
to bridge the ...