ITU and Microsoft signs MoU in Connect Africa Summit to track ICT development

ITU Global View, a virtual earth-based online platform to track and help accelerate the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) goals in Africa was launched on 29 October, 2007 on the opening day of the Connect Africa Summit. Governments, along with industry, development banks and international organizations are gathered in Kigali (Rwanda) to mobilize the human, financial and technical resources required to expand the development of ICT infrastructure and ensure it is used effectively in pursuit of the WSIS development goals for Africa.

A well coordinated and structured policy can lead India to achieve MDGs : Ashish Garg, Programme Co-ordinator India,GeSCI

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A National Policy for ICT in Indian Education!

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

India today aspires to emerge as front-runner among the knowledge-based societies.

UN summit aims to harness technology for Africa

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have strongly endorsed a summit to be held in 2007, which aims to boost information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in Africa to advance development on the continent. The Connect Africa Summit, to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, from 29 to 30 October, will bring together the private sector, governments and international organizations so as to seek ways to address the

e-Health is a Facilitator Not an Alternative to Conventional Healthcare-Time to Prove e-Health Investment is Lucrative than Investment in General Healthcare : Michael Clarke, Director, Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) at IDRC,Canada, Malaysia

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Publicell allows customers for mobile banking in Rwanda

A Rwandan ICT company, Publicell has made partnership with Mobile Payments (MoPay) International to provide mobile payment system in Rwanda. The system will enable banks, telecom operators and bill issuing companies to allow their customers for the use of mobile phones and computer system to order and pay for goods and services.

World Bank grants US$10m for ICT project in Rwanda

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved US$10 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to the Government of Rwanda to install modern systems. The bank said that the assistance was aimed at improving the country’s operations and service delivery systems especially in rural areas, with a particular focus on the use of technology for growth and development.

ICT Pact to fast track implementation of NEPAD ICT broadband network

Information and Communication Technology ministers from Eastern and Southern African countries have signed a policy and regulatory protocol for Nepad broadband ICT infrastructure network.

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.

Wired future for Rwanda soon

The Vision 2020 project in Rwanda aims to rapidly transform a depressed agricultural economy into one driven by ICT.