On 14 July 2006, at International Telecommunication Union Headquarters in Geneva, under the chairmanship of ITU Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi, with the launch of the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS), the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) gathered momentum.
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According to United Nations rankings, South Korea tops the list by beating the rest of the world for the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
The Secretary-General of United Nations, Kofi Annan recently approved the launch of the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development
A special teachers award is constituted by the Ministry of Education and Sports in Ghana for encouraging software development for various subjects this year.
Expressing the e Readiness to share its experience with African countries Algeria has examined the energy policy towards Africa and ICT development.
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.
