A memorandum of understanding has been signed with The government of Ghana and Microsoft aimed at creating a workforce that is literate in information and communications technology. Angola has also signed an agreement with the software giant on financing Internet access for the government and training.
[This article was published in the April 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The wireless roadshow aims at supporting civil society partners in building their connectivity in license-exempt spectrum, based on open technology and open knowledge.
[This article was published in the April 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Heeding a call from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to extend Internet connectivity to underserved populations around the world,
Realising the importance of data standards for rapid progress in e-governance applications, the Andhra Pradesh Government has initiated a study to examine the best practices world over and suggest a way forward, according to the State Chief Information Officer and Secretary of Information Technology and Communications, Mr Subbarao Ghanta.
THE Government is fostering a PKI (public key infrastructure) regime and the four certifying authorities have already issued over 20,000 digital certificates, according to the Information Technology (IT) Secretary, Mr K.K. Jaswal.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has promised to invest Rs 60,000 crore in the next five years for the development of rural and agriculture infrastructure.
The black economic empowerment (BEE) charter on information communications technology (ICT) is not merely being implemented to create a black middle class but to ensure that South Africa becomes an information society through the bridging of the digital divide while increasing the number of participants in the economy, Advocate Dali Mpofu said on Tuesday.
The Maharashtra government is considering a proposal to set up a rural empowerment project for women with an initial corpus of Rs 280 crore.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is understood to be gearing up banks for a national launch of its online income tax collection from April 1.
[This article was published in the February 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Communicating basic ICT skills to children requires considerable innovation and effort on the part of the teacher.
