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Scan-ICT : indicators of information and communications technologies
(2003-10)
By 2006, almost half of the workforce in developed countries will be employed by industries that are either producers or intensive users of information and communication technologies (ICTs) products and services. However, ...
Applicability of near-real-time satellite data acquisition, analysis & distribution of geoinformation in support of African development
(2005-04)
Within the past two decades, Africa has reached a milestone in transitioning from an Area of Interest (AOI) for satellite remote sensing scientists, primarily within the industrialized countries, to a modest base for regular ...
Science and technology and competitiveness of natural resources in Africa : an issue paper
(2001)
The Conference of African Ministers responsible for Economic and Social Development and Planning adopted Resolution No. 826 (XXXII) in April 1996, through which the Ministers structured new Organs to deal with overall ...
National Ict and policies and plans towards poverty reduction: emerging trends and issues
(2005-04)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched the African Information Society Initiative (AISI) in May 1996, which serves as a guiding framework for building the information and communication infrastructure in Africa. ...
Stratégies électroniques en Afrique : politiques, stratégies et plans nationaux, sectoriels et régionaux en matière de technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC)
(2003-10)
Le présent rapport évalue l’état des politiques, stratégies et plans nationaux et régionaux en matière de TIC. Il porte essentiellement sur le rôle de la CEA et récapitule les principales initiatives régionales et mondiales ...
GIS implementation to support poverty reduction policy and drought management in Ethiopia
(2005-04)
This research was conducted with the aim of studying the qualitative and quantitative aspects for the wide utilization of GIS technology in Ethiopia as the backbone information infrastructure for drought management and ...
Keynote speech : information as an economic resource
(2005-04)
Information is intrinsically linked to human beings, groups and society and is the Basis for their capacity to perceive, interpret, understand and transform the world. From the dawn of human society, information has always ...
A strategy to accelerate African development through the increased use of information and communication technologies : the African development forum '99 post ADF summit
(2001-08)
Amid talk of the growing digital divide between rich and poor countries, an increasing number of Africans are making innovative use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs). ♦ In Morocco, a local Internet ...
E-Strategies in Africa : national, sectoral and regional ICT policies, plans and strategies
(2003-04)
In the global networked economy, information and knowledge have become strategic resources, based on which governments, corporations and the public at large make their decisions. The availability of up-to-date and accurate ...
The Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA) : business plan for 2001-2002
(2001-08)
The concept of ITCA has grown out of the need to wrap a framework around the growing number of mandates and ICT related outreach activities and the opportunity to reach the approximately 18,000 conference participants that ...