Taking e-Governance to rural millions. But how fast?
[This article was published in the April 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
India
HP, NEPAD e-Africa Commission and Government of Mozambique sign MOU
HP has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Mozambique and the e-Africa Commission, paving the way for the launch of the third NEPAD e-School in the Southern African region.
Conference Report
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) held in Geneva concluded on 18 Novemeber 2005 after almost a week
Farmers getting a fair price: Thanks to IT!
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
It is an established fact that if agricultural marketing has to succeed, it must have a sound and effective marketing information system. The actual need is to provide farmers with live market information for informed decision-making.
Bridging the Digital Divide through electronic knowledge based Panchayat
[This article was published in the September 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ePanchayat is a software product conceptualised, designed and developed with the active involvement of the stakeholders at lowest administrative level and is implemented in Andhra Pradesh. It started as a pilot project in Ramachandrapuram in Medak district and spread initially to 40 districts. Now, it has been announced that ePanchayat would be rolled out in 475 major gram panchayats across the state at a cost of Rs 8.31 crores (1.9 million USD).
Health InterNetwork (HIN) India Pilot Project
[This article was published in the May 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Health InterNetwork (http://www.healthinternetwork.org) is a United Nations initiative created to respond to the challenges posed by the digital divide.
On Upscaling Pro-Poor ICT Policies And Practices:
[This article was published in the February 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Upon invitation of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), development practitioners and policy
Virtual Education:Tel (e) Learning centres
[This article was published in the September 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Learning is a process, never ending and never static by nature.
Tansen CMC:New directions in multimedia
[This article was published in the September 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The goal is to explore ways that Tansen can use ICTs as dynamic development tools: to bring more voices and cultural forms, ideas and issues into the community
Perspective:Information for development
[This article was published in the February 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
When talking about information for development it may be useful to first outline what we are talking about
