Angola Stands 127th in UN Electronic Governance Ranking
Angola Stands 127th in UN Electronic Governance Ranking

Angola stands in the 127th position in the ranking of the United Nations electronic governance ranking, after having risen 31 places from the year 2005. Angola stands 15th from among African countries and seventh in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), making an effort to rank among the first 10 of the continent and first five of the regional organisation.

South Africa Maintains Lead in e-Readiness Rankings
South Africa Maintains Lead in e-Readiness Rankings

South Africa has recorded leadership in some key areas of ICT development according to a recent report produced by IBM, through its Institute of Business Value, and the Economist Intelligence Unit. These key areas include legal environment, consumer and business adoption of ICT, as well as government policy and vision around this strategic industry to the country

e-Banking Technology, Estonia
e-Banking Technology, Estonia

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

Background
Estonia is internationally renowned for being a pioneer in the adaptation to new banking technologies. Estonia is currently belonging to the country group of medium Internet penetration on the global scale outnumbering its Baltic neighbours and Eastern-European countries but being somewhat behind from the Scandinavian countries, USA, Canada, leading European countries and some Asian countries.

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