Nigeria National Assembly yet to decide on e-Voting
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Hamisu Shira, has said that the National Assembly in Nigeria is yet to decide on the use of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).
ICTD Project Newsletter
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Legal marginalisation is prevalent in varied extent in the developed, developing and underdeveloped world. Democracy in itself is not a comprehensive guarantee to attain justice.
The torchbearers of change
[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Citizens have high hopes from state IT secretaries of India and the job is not less challenging. IT secretaries from 10 states speak their mind at Conflux 2005.
For Brazil Voters, Machines Rule
A battery gives the urnas, as these portable electronic voting machines are called, a backup in case of power failures. Voters punch in several digits to vote — and are no longer obliged to write out a candidate’s name, a baffling chore for borderline literates.
WSIS Prepcom 3, 19-30 September 2005, Geneva
[This article was published in the October 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The third preparatory committee meeting for the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) took place from 19 to 30 September 2005 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
The TED conference on e-Government
[This article was published in the May 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The TCGOV 2005 international conference on e-Government was held from 2
Is Asia ready for the challenge?
[This article was published in the September 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The 2nd i4d seminar was held at Beijing, China in conjunction with Map Asia 2004. Participants included eminent ICT4D practitioners from Asia and Africa.
Insight:Local content, local people, local languages
[This article was published in the June 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Poor people must be able to express and communicate locally relevant knowledge in local languages if they are to shape the decisions that affect their livelihoods
