Nigeria's President Orders Implementation of ICT4D Plan by All Departments of Government!

Submitted by bolubamise on 21 May, 2010 - 14:39
Jonathan orders implemention of ICT Action Plan

BY NGOZI SAMS

With the official launch of the Information and Communications Technology for Development, ICT4D plan document yesterday in Abuja, all the federal government ministries, departments and agencies have been urged to start full implementation of the ICT agenda relevant to them.

President Goodluck Jonathan gave this directive at the opening of the e-Nigeria 2010 summit in Abuja. He said this was necessary, considering the place of Information Technology in achieving sustainable socio-economic development in the current global economy.

“We must bear in mind that this document cannot implement itself,” he said. “It requires that stakeholders should embark on specific actions and initiatives as outlined in the plan for us to achieve the desired objective of mainstreaming ICT into our national development agenda.”

On the part of the government I direct that all ministries, departments, and agencies should commence immediate implementation of areas of the Nigerian ICT4D plan that are relevant to their respective mandates.”

How ICTs Are Changing the Way We Live - The eLearning Africa 2010 Photo Competition

Submitted by eLearning Africa on 4 May, 2010 - 13:08

We wanted to know how mobile phones, the Internet, computers and the audiovisual media have changed (your) life in Africa. More than 100 images were submitted to the competition.

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE NOW at http://www.elearning-africa.com/picturevoting_home.php

E-TIC.net: ICTs for agriculture, husbandry and fishing

Submitted by viola on 8 April, 2010 - 01:19

The E-TIC project aims to provide tools and training components so that small farmers, herders and fishermenbe better able to sell their products. Through the creation of this portal and a series of training courses for field connectors (youth, women, community radio journalists), the E-TIC project aims to provide knowledge relevant for efficient and effective farm management.

Mobile Web East Africa – a huge success and here is how you can find out what was discussed and the outcomes

Submitted by Matthew Dawes on 5 March, 2010 - 16:54

In the first week of February Mobile Web East Africa was held in Nairobi, well over 110 participants took part from all echelons of the mobile ecosystem, with the ICT4D sector particularly well represented.  Over the course of the two days there was a huge amount discussed and this would be a record breaking blog post if I were to repeat everything.  So rather than going down that route I wanted to direct Kabissa members to the two best sources of information from the event:

First Solar Powered Rural Internet Kiosk installed in the South Coast of Kenya

Submitted by Crystal Watley ... on 4 March, 2010 - 10:52

Ukunda, Kenya, February 27, 2010 – For the first time, a Rural Internet Kiosk (RIK) has been installed for rural youth empowerment in Africa. Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development (VOA4SD) is building the capacity of local youth to empower themselves through the Internet and social enterprise. The community based organization, Voices of Diani will own and operate the Rural Internet Kiosk with training, support, and volunteers from VOA4SD. The Rural Internet Kiosk is a product of Intersat Africa, Ltd. who has generously provided the first year of bandwidth at no cost.

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