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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 ...
Knowledge management for decision-making : tools, institutions and paradigms
(2001-08)
This paper reviews the field and practice of knowledge management (KM) and elucidates KM's corporate, national and regional perspectives. It outlines policy implications for African development in the evolving globalised ...
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. ...
Geo-information capacity building and building on capacity in Kenya : a partnership approach
(2005-04)
Research has shown that there is a direct link between Information and Communication Technologies Infrastructure (ICTs) and per capita growth. In deed, there is growing consensus that because of rapid innovation, ICTs ...
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 ...
Projet Scan-TIC : indicateurs des technologies de l'information et de la communication
(2003-11)
En 2006, presque la moitié de la population active des pays développés travaillera dans des secteurs qui fournissent ou utilisent, dans une large mesure, des produits ou services liés aux technologies de l’information et ...
Report of the African Technical Advisory Committee on the African Information Society Initiative (AISI)
(2001-07)
The African Information Society Initiative (AISI) is a mission statement for Africa's quest to bridge the digital divide between the continent and the rest of the world, and to speed the continent and the rest of the world, ...
Libraries and ICTs: a review of global trends and the state of the art in Africa
(2001-09)
The fast pace at which information and communication technology (ICT) is changing requires those who are responsible for the provision of information services to closely monitor the changes in order to apply the new ...