IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Global trade and logistics now require local attention. If ICT governance and security is left unaddressed, the outcomes could compromise worldwide transactions, increase the time needed to complete deals, expose confidential information and hinder important data from being used effectively. All of these factors can cause enterprises to lose value and reduce profits.

Michael Carney, who is originally from Belle Lake, Dunmore Road, and a former student of De La Salle College from where he went to the University of Dublin (Trinity College), is to work with McKinsey & Company, who are partners on the feasibility study and pilot project for the Global e-Schools Initiative along with Intel and the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force.

In the realization of good governance, ICT has become the medium to constant and adequate flow of knowledge and information between government and citizens transforming the way governments and citizens interact. E-governance is the ICT-enabled route to achieving good governance, improving information and service delivery, encouraging citizen participation in the decision-making process and making government more accountable, transparent and effective.

The ‘Information Economy Report 2012’ shows that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) software and services are dominated by the developed world but developing economies are catching up.

It says that piracy, poor ICT infrastructure and inadequate protection of intellectual property rights are some of the major challenges hindering ICT software development and service expansion in developing regions such as Africa.

The MoLOC is part of an ecosystem Dr. Olla has coined “MoDiSe” – for Mobile Diagnostic Services. “MoDiSe means Shepherd in Southern Africa,” Dr. Olla explained, “which is the perfect metaphor for this new platform as together, using local technology over global wireless networks, we can guide the course of care, saving lives and reducing overall cost through accurate, early detection and appropriate treatment.”

Mobile communication devices such as mobile phones and tablets have become an inseparable part of our daily life. In addition to the main intended task, communication, these devises can effectively be used to improve health of communities and to reduce the burden of major health issues such as maternal and child health.

Using mobile communication in health care is called mHealth, the most recent health approach preceding teleHealth and eHealth. mHealth (also written as m-health) is a term used for the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices. The term is most commonly used in reference to using mobile communication devices, such as mobile phones, tablet computers and PDAs, for health services and information. mHealth applications include the use of mobile devices in collecting community and clinical health data, delivery of healthcare information to practitioners, researchers, and patients, real-time monitoring of patient vital signs, and direct provision of care.

Während Anbieter von mobilen Zahlungssystemen in Industrienationen derzeit nach wie vor eine untergeordnete Rolle spielen, stehen ihnen in Emerging Markets wie Afrika dagegen rosige Zeiten bevor. "Das globale Wachstum des Transaktionsvolumens via M-Payment wird in den kommenden Jahren jährlich um 68 Prozent ansteigen und bis 2012 ein Gesamtvolumen von annähernd 250 Mrd. Dollar erreichen", unterstreicht Karim Taga, Managing Director der Unternehmensberatung Arthur D. Little, im pressetext-Gespräch. Laut dem Fachmann wird das M-Payment hierzulande nicht die herkömmlichen Zahlungssysteme ersetzen, sich jedoch in Entwicklungsländern zunehmend als "Ersatzwährung" etablieren.

Collaboration at the regional level is a critical force for scaling up effective technologies and increasing innovation capacity in the fight against COVID-19, according to high-level officials and key stakeholders at the third session of the Committee on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Science, Technology and Innovation.

Convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the two-day Committee meeting highlighted how digital inclusion and resilient digital networks across the entire region have become the foundation for government measures to effectively stem the worst impacts of the pandemic.

"It is estimated that approximately 35 per cent of e-government projects in developing countries are total failures, approximately 50 per cent are partial failures -- only some 15 per cent can be fully seen as successes", a senior World Bank official told a seminar on e-governance here today.

Digital ID systems, a prerequisite for developing functional e-governance platforms, have been on the agendas of many emerging economies for quite some time.

However, the Covid-19 pandemic has reemphasized the importance of eIDs in providing social, medical and financial support to households and businesses.

Electronic identification allows citizens and businesses to prove their identity and access the governmental services online. It enables fully digital processes and eliminates the need for expensive and time-consuming manual operations. Such functionality has been crucial during the pandemic, especially for developing countries.

The experts at a webinar on doughnut economics expressed that the concept of regenerative economics intended to revive the human-nature relationship to co-exist in harmony would revolutionize urban development in the developing countries.

The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, organized a special webinar on Doughnut Economics: From concept to practice, said a news release here Saturday.

In den meisten Regionen der Welt beginnt das Shopping im Netz mit dem Aufruf des gewünschten Online-Ladens in einem Internet-Browser oder dem Eintippen des Namens ersehnter Produkte in eine Suchmaschine. Menschen aus Ländern, in denen Internet-PCs eine Seltenheit sind, müssen dementsprechend draußen bleiben. Das Start-up Slimtrader aus dem amerikanischen Seattle will nun auch diese Märkte mit digitalen Einkaufsmöglichkeiten beglücken: mit Online-Shopping per SMS.

The Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC), on Saturday called for the establishment of a greater Information and Communication Technology in Africa and the developing world.

The Director-General, TEPC, Shri Rajesk Kumar Bhatnagar said in a statement that the Indo-Africa ICT Expo and Summit 2017 was an avenue where African ICT experts would fashion the future of the industry.

The working group met in Levi, Lapland, on 6-7 March. Led by Finland's Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén, the group aims at creating a model for improving and securing e-government services in developing countries and making them available for the citizens.

Women in developing economies are nearly 50 per cent less likely to access the Internet than men, and a new UN initiative aims to turn this around by empowering more women to access vital government services online and via other ICT tools.

When women have access to information and communication technologies, they can become more empowered to achieve many things, including better income through time-flexible jobs which they can do at home, access to free quality education, and wider access to funding to fuel their small businesses.