SMS to retrieve lost mobile phone
Do not worry for lost mobiles since from now on tracking a lost or stolen mobile handset is just a SMS away.
Draft Bill in Kenya legalises e-Documents
For the first time, electronic signatures and documents will be legally binding in Kenya according to proposals contained in the draft Information and Communication Bill 2006.
Railway call centres for customer care in India
Indian Railway (IR) will set up call centres for customer care and to provide several utilities.
NCDEX: Bridging information gap
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
National Commodities & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX), a leading commodity exchange in India, provides a world-class platform for market participants to trade in a range of commodities.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has all feasible features over the other telecommunication systems which seek the attention of policy makers for its implementation in Ghana.
Hivos and Hivos Partners
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Straight Talk is a unique platform for youth in Kenya with a nation-wide outreach and successful in providing Kenyan adolescents with a forum for open dialogue on sexuality and reproductive rights related to HIV AIDS, homosexuality, girls
ICTD Project Newsletter
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Legal marginalisation is prevalent in varied extent in the developed, developing and underdeveloped world. Democracy in itself is not a comprehensive guarantee to attain justice.
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.
User attitudes to e-Government citizen services in Europe
[This article was published in the October 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Good governance rests on the pillars of knowledge where information should be acquired and used strategically for public purposes. e-Governance helps in dissemination of useful governance information, which already exists in the public domain into the wider public domain through the use of ICT.
e-Collectorate
[This article was published in the August 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The effective village-level services aggregated at the district level using the state of art communication technology becomes a viable model having the data centre in the district.
e-Collectorate of Palakkad district, Kerala, is one such model, which uses DC* suite, specially designed and implemented using open source technologies to bridge the services of collectorate and citizens who consume it.
