The Kenya Government has launched an ambitious Digital Villages project, which is specifically designed to connect the whole country, from rural to urban areas, and accelerate growth of ICT. The project is a government and private-sector initiative, mapped out using political districts.
Soon State Bank of India (SBI) will provide banking services through e-Gram project, the Gujarat Government-pioneered e-Gram project, which aims to provide e-Governance services in villages. SBI will provide checking of account balance, deposits, loans insurance and other banking services through the Internet.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has allocated $2 million for a programme to support and deepen African Public and Governance Reforms in African countries. The Steering Committee of the 5th Pan African Conference of Ministers on Public/Civil Service has approved the consolidated Works Plans and Implementation Strategy for the Preparatory Assistance Programme.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an interactive online map of Combodia to identify areas of food insecurity. The online map highlights how food security is a big challenge in the region.
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The vision of the empowered patient is still lagging behind reality, but now e-health offers the opportunity for patient empowerment.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Lack of health services is one of the main impediments for improving the quality of life in rural India and the same has been reiterated by the e-choupal initiative of ITC.
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
This initiative of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka endeavours to take the dividends of the highly specialized field of human genetics to rural communities through an ICT platform, and draws on the infrastructure facilities of the newest Nenasala at the Kurunegala Hospital and that of the Koslanda Nenasala.
The Grameen Foundation, Bangladesh, has launched a new online assistance centre for microfinance institutions (MFIs) to offer the benefits of telecommunications to poor communities worldwide
[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
For the developing countries what matters most in implementing e-Government is low cost, high speed and efficient access network infrastructure.
