Nigeria to adopt e-Voting in 2007 general election
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria, Professor Maurice Iwu, has emphasised on the adoption of the Electronic Voting System (EVS) in the 2007 general elections.
COMPUTING
Kuppam i-community project to promote livelihood
HP has signed three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Kuppam i-community initiative with BASIX, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Kuppam project was launched in 2002, a three-year pilot program that was conceived by HP with the overarching goal of using the power of HPs technology to serve disadvantaged communities.
Common Service Centres to be set up in Orissa
Following the path of neighbouring states, late starter Orissa is going to set up common service centres (CSCs) in all the panchayats of the state. The CSCs are part of the mission mode project under the national e-Governance plan.
A workshop on e-Filing held at Coimbatore, India
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India organised a workshop on MCA-21 e-Filing in Coimbatore.
Intel to support digital programmes in Nigeria
Intel Corporation is now ready to set up office and digital programmes in Lagos, Nigeria. Intel’s growing focus on West Africa, will promote the development of the IT sector and ICT education in West Africa.
e-Learning is gaining pace at Namibia
A local company at Namibia and a German company signed an agreement for the first e-Learning centre for Namibian teachers. The system will ensure that Namibia’s educators have access to up-to-date educational content and training by facilitating online training programmes.
e-Governance project by CSC, Philippines, to reduce political favouritism
The Civil Service Commission (CSC), Philippines, received a 500,000 US dollar grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for an e-Governance project aimed at improving the selection process for civil servants but is more inclined at reducing political favouritism.
Judicial networking in Karnataka, India
As of now, judicial communication is through telephone, fax, letters and, in some cases, personal interaction. All these have their own weaknesses.
NICT Policy hopes to increase mobile subscribers in Kenya
Kenya launched its National Information and Communication Technology Policy (NICTP) document.
ICT to increase social capital
ICT can help communities to generate higher social capital and thus better quality of life while suggesting some policy priorities to address the social capital gap in society.
