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Report of the fourth meeting of the committee on development information (CODI) : Information as an economic resources
(2005-04)
The Fourth Meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI) on the theme “Information as an Economic Resource” was held in the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) at the Headquarters of the Economic Commission ...
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 ...
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 ...
Study on telecommunications regulation in Africa
(2005-04)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has, for two decades, placed priority on building an information-rich continent through the African Information Society Initiative (AISI). The AISI framework is geared towards ...
Report of the Annual Meeting of the African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC), 9 - 10 December 2004 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(2005-04)
This paper focused on the report of the annual meeting of the African technical advisory committee (ATAC).
World Summit on the Information Society: Africa regional preparatory conference Accra, Ghana 2 to 4 February 2005 with pre-conference workshops from 28 January to 1 February, 2005
(2005-04)
The workshop focused on interventions from experts on the definition of poverty,multidimensional intra-digital divide, gender gaps, quality of education, pro-poor approaches,and the relationship between ICTs and poverty ...
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. ...
Report of the WSIS academia research network brainstorming workshop, 9-11 June 2004 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2005-04)
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 ...
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 ...
Framework for scan-ICT baseline studies
(2005-04)
This paper will be outline status, as well as indicators and benchmarks and the sources of information for each AISI Theme area. The first sub-section will detail focused indicators and statistics of ICT activity by AISI ...