Worldwide press freedom index

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Cuba plans to become open source

The government of Cuba is planning to make the country as open source. Microsoft, software giant has cooperated with the government agencies and intelligence services.

Cuba extends Internet to the Cuban public

Cuba’s Telecommunication Enterprise is present in 206 points with at least 12 ports devoted to Internet connection, part of the Cuban ‘informatisation’ project, bringing Internet to the Cuban public.

Whither e-Democracy?

[This article was published in the June 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Today, the Internet has become a tool that transcends national borders and allows free flow of ideas the worldover. It has got immense potential to empower, educate and allow people to share and mobilise opinion. In fact, the Internet has truly become a forum for e-Democracy where people have found voice through personal websites, blogs and discussion groups.

ICT for Agriculture in Tanzania

[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

If a peasant can send a 40-page trade document from Tanzania to Cuba for just 40 cents of one US$, there is no doubt that modern ICT are cost-effective and hence efficient in poverty reduction.

Bombay plans cyber cafe controls

There are seven million PCs in a country of one billion Internet cafe owners in India’s commercial and entertainment capital, Bombay, are angry at plans to regulate the city’s cyber centres. They object to plans which would force them to keep records of people using their internet facilities.