Egyptian e-Government Program
[This article was published in the July 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Egyptian Information Society Initiative for Government Services Delivery
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Foss and Civil Society Organisations (cso)
[This article was published in the October 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is affordable and easy to obtain.
International Open Source Network (IOSN)
[This article was published in the October 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
IOSN is a centre of excellence for FOSS in the Asia-Pacific region. It is tasked specifically to accelerate the adoption of FOSS by facilitating and networking relevant technologists, advocates, institutions and end-users.
Free / Libre and Open Source Software (floss)
[This article was published in the October 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS)1 represents a new and growing phenomenon, which is much discussed these days as it implies a radically new method of production, cooperation and exchange.
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
Petersberg Prize 2004:Grameen Bank-Village Phone awarded
[This article was published in the July 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Grameen Bank-Village Phone was chosen among the 200 nominees for the Development Gateway Foundation
Pan Localisation regional initiative:Developing local language computing
[This article was published in the June 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
There are 2197languages spoken in Asia. Only about20% of these people can
communicate in English. This makes English language content available on ICTs inaccessible to a large majority of Asians.
Government of Uganda looking e-Gov to cut cost
While speaking at a one-day workshop themed: Enabling e-Governance in Uganda at the International Conference Centre in Kampala, Dr Maggie Kigozi, the executive director of Uganda Investment Authority said that e-governance is the most effective way of reducing costs in running public affairs from the lower levels of government to the central government.As there are only four districts in Uganda that have access to e-governance; Kayunga, Mbarara, Mbale and Lira, ” Expenditure on local government affairs can reduce by 10 percent if e-Governance is promoted in all the 56 districts,” she mentioned.
Microsoft tie up with African countries, Ghana
A memorandum of understanding has been signed with The government of Ghana and Microsoft aimed at creating a workforce that is literate in information and communications technology. Angola has also signed an agreement with the software giant on financing Internet access for the government and training.
