Status of MSMEs in Africa

[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Workshop On e-Learning

[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The African Knowledge Exchange (AKE), a multi-country workshop, was organised by the Global e-Schools Communities Initiative (GeSCI) on 3rd – 4th December 2007, in Nairobi, Kenya.

telecentre ethos 2.0

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

When you hear the term telecentre ethos 2.0, what comes to your
mind? In general, like in the version of software development as
a product, the term telecentre 2.0 refl ects a level of robustness
and maturity. It really is going beyond the IT infrastructure and
pilots to encompass access to knowledge, social transformation,
opportunities and partnership building for collaboration which
provides value plus to the communities as they prepare to become
part of the knowledge economy

Stakeholders agree to help South African govt. to deliver services via technology

Several stakeholders from the ICT sector have agreed to work together in order to help governments to deliver efficient services through technology in South Africa.

Sustaining community radio stations

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

African ministers to sign on fibre-project protocol

Eastern and Southern African communication ministers are going to sign the official protocol for the region’s ICT broadband infrastructure network, that includes the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy), by month-end.

Enhancing health research capacity in portugese speaking African countries

A project to boost public-health research in portuguese-speaking countries in Africa is being planned by Brazil.

ICT occupies a prominent position: Guebuza says

Speaking at a Forum of Government leaders in Cape Town, organised by Microsoft, Mozambican President Armando Guebuza invited all cooperation partners, and the Microsoft Corporation in particular, to join the efforts of Mozambique and of Africa to harness Information and Communication Technologies to development programmes.

Malaysia to help Mozambique develop ‘Smart Cards’

The Malaysian government will help the Mozambican authorities develop a “Smart Card”, which will allow Mozambican citizens to have all their key documents such as the identity card, passport and driving licence, among others, on the same electronic card.

Computerisation of Criminal Record Registry in Mozambique

The Mozambican Justice Ministry launched the long overdue computerisation of the Criminal Record Registry. Initially this computerised service will only be available in Maputo and in Quelimane, capital of the central province of Zambezia. It will later be extended to the other provinces.