Outlining a vision for successful satellite towns in Tamil Nadu, President and CEO of HP Global Soft Som Mittal says satellite townships must involve all stakeholders, including local residents and farmers who sell their land for such projects.
UNICEF has trained about 480 teachers on different subjects in six areas of Jigawa state in Northern Nigeria, as part of its Girl’s Education program.
Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, has said Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is the key to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
In India, Bangalore-based ITS Institute has launched a free e-Recruitment system.
The General Services Administration, USA, is looking for ways to give the federal e-Authentication e-Government project a boost by bringing in more credential providers.
As an e-Paper on the Internet, the daily newspaper of India, ‘The Hindu’ will be formally launched in digital form, on September 10, 2006.
Nairobi will host the inaugural United Nations e-Government forum for local authorities.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has vowed that every step will be taken to harness the force of ICT to lift the quality of Philippine education and build a brighter future for the Filipinos.
The Dubai eGovernment is all set to achieve its goal to provide 90 per cent of all government services on-line and 50 per cent of government transactions to be conducted through the various innovative channels by the end of 2007, according to a top official from the department.
IBM Global Services India has signed a deal with the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government, India, to promote IT education at the grassroots level as well as build capacity and improve skills of the IT workforce. The programme is called Initiative to Nurture a Vibrant IT Ecosystem (INVITE).
