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  • CI: Educators welcome govt decision to introduce ICT in schools

    Educators in Ivory Coast say they welcome the government’s decision to introduce ICT as a new subject at grassroots level.

    “Now the government is talking, and finally doing something about promoting ICT education,” schoolteacher Paul Aka told Biztechafrica.

    ”We have some of the lowest computer literacy levels in the region, and even in the whole continent, and I’m pretty sure that this decision will redress that, though it might seem too little too late,” Aka added.

  • Comesa invests in ICT to boost growth

    Regional economic bloc Comesa plans to establish an innovation council to improve the members' economic growth.

    The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa leaders, during the 16th summit of heads of state and government last month in Uganda, reaffirmed the importance of science and technology in today’s world.

    The Comesa innovation council will set up measures to harness new and existing knowledge and advice member states on how best to apply them.

  • Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization CEO urges African Governments to invest in ICT

    Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization CEO urges African governments to invest in ICT content deleopment and recommends an African regulatory body

    The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commonwealth Telecom Organisation (CTO), Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has urged African governments to invest, alongside private entities, in the creation of suitable content that will facilitate Africa’s development, rather than rely on foreign entities to develop most of the content currently consumed in Africa through various information and communication technologies (ICTs). The CEO also recommended the early establishment of an African regulatory body, to help reduce the costs of telecommunications in Africa. He was contributing to a panel discussion on the liberalization and regulation of African telecoms at a conference still underway in Johannesburg on Satellite Communications (SATCOM 2007).

  • Communication Commission of Kenya Rolls Out Rural ICT Coverage

    The Communication Commission of Kenya is rolling out pilot ICT projects in marginalised and remote areas ahead of its upcoming universal access mandate.

    The Information minister Samuel Poghisio last month gazetted the Universal Service Fund board. The fund will be administered and managed by CCK.

    All companies in the communication sector will con- tribute 0.5 per cent of their revenue to the fund for ICT development in marginalised areas that they deem economically unviable to invest in.

  • Computer access in schools is key need in Pacific

    Pacific islands not only face challenges getting high-speed Internet access to small, remote populations, they must step up efforts to bring computer literacy programs to grade schools so that islanders can make use of the technology now becoming available, said Forum Secretariat telecommunications advisor John Budden, who has just completed a Pacific-wide survey of telecommunications capabilities for the regional organization.

    Both Budden, who works for the Fiji-based Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission information communication technology adviser Siaosi Sovaleni, said the issue in the Pacific is not just getting technology to people, but people’s ability to make use of it.

  • Confederation of Indian Industry calls for bringing ICT in essential services list

    With the use of Information, Communications & Technology (ICT) in all government and private departments becoming the key to provide efficient and rapid services to the consumers and the society, the Punjab government said it was aggressively encouraging the use of IT in all its departments to deliver the best possible services to our citizens.

    “Through use of ICT, we have been able to bring 1700 ‘Mandis’ of Punjab on one portal, which has made tracking of various transactions, receipts and payments so easy. We transacted business worth Rs 5,000 crore this year and aim to take this figure up to Rs 40,000 crore next year,” said state IT and Food & Civil Supplies minister Adaish Partap Singh Kairon while inaugurating the 2 -day IT event Destination IT@North 2012 here.

  • Connect rural India: Pitroda

    Connect rural India to the rest of India in terms of telephone connectivity, urged Sam Pitroda, technology maverick and chairman of National Knowledge Commission (NKC).

    He was delivering the keynote address through a video conferencing from Chicago during the seminar, ‘Comtel 2008: Breaking barriers, bridging the divide’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industry in Bangalore on Wednesday.

    Pitroda stated that telephone density is predominantly in the urban region, a phenomenon that should change.

  • Connecting across Africa

    China lends valuable support to continent's push for information and communication technology

    Information and communications technology could well be the next sweet spot for investment in Africa, judging by the number of ICT projects announced by African nations recently. ICT's important role in African development was also reiterated last month, when leaders from 10 nations came together in the Rwandan capital Kigali to discuss how it could be used more.

  • Connecting rural India, the co-op way-II

    Recently, the Reliance group had been in negotiations with co-operative departmental stores to leverage their strengths in its new mega retail venture. The competitive strengths of the cooperative networks are being increasingly recognised.

    But more importantly, the principles of equity along with economic growth are embodied in the basic co-operative structures, and hence the co-operative way is the natural way for rural development, and for reducing disparities.

  • Connecting Rural Malawi: A Dream

    As Malawi hosts the 3rd Africa’s leading ICT forum this month, it is probably a good time to let the country look at its progress reducing the digital divide affecting both rural and urban areas.

    The high-level international conference on Connecting Rural Communities in Africa brings about thirty Information and Communication Technologies ministers, experts, regulators and operators from Africa, Middle and Europe will discuss strategies, business models and technology policies for bridging the digital divide.

  • COTED to evaluate CARICOM's ICT progress

    Measures to accelerate the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be in focus at the Thirty-Fourth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which convenes 28 May, in St Georges, Grenada.

    This Special Meeting of the COTED will bring together Ministers Responsible for ICT in CARICOM under the leadership of the Prime Minister of Grenada, Tillman Thomas, who is the Lead Head of Government responsible for Science and Technology (including ICT) in the Quasi Cabinet of CARICOM. The Ministers will review progress reports on ICT development, as CARICOM pushes to meet this aspect of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

  • CTO Africa Forum Adopts Prudent Measures to Connect Rural Communities

    A diverse group of ICT stakeholders comprising Ministers, regulators, telecom operators and leading ICT global brands convened at the 5th Annual Connecting Rural Communities (CRC) 2010 conference in Accra, Ghana to discuss and explore potential future solutions for bridging the digital divide in Africa. Organized by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) and hosted in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications, Ghana, National Communications Authority and the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), the three-day conference was formally opened by Ghana’s Minister for Communications, Honourable Haruna Iddrisu.

    In a speech read by the Communications Minister on behalf of the President of Ghana, His Excellency John Evans Atta Mills, Honourable Haruna Iddrisu said that, “In connecting rural communities, we in Africa, should embrace ICT infrastructure deployment as part of a unified and comprehensive economic development strategy that also addresses issues of education, health, governance and commerce.”

  • CTO Facilitates Search for Rural Connectivity Solutions in Ghana

    Bringing together stakeholders to help expand ICT communication in underserved regions

    Ghana’s search for effective and sustainable connectivity solutions for its rural populations gathered momentum on Monday, in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region, during a workshop of key stakeholders which included the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Ghana’s Ministry of Communications, the National Communications Authority (NCA), the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), members of parliament from the region, as well as operators, ISPs, CSOs, academia, traditional and community leaders.

  • CXC: Caribbean Examination Council Signs MOU with Congress WBN

    The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) on Tuesday, 27th Mar 2012, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Congress WBN (C-WBN) to provide values-based leadership and promote indigenous ICT development in education in the Caribbean.

    Dr. Didacus Jules, Registrar of CXC, signed on behalf of Council while Dr. Noel Woodroffe, Founder and President of Congress WBN, signed for his organisation at a brief ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in Port of Spain. Mr. Bevil Wooding, Chief Knowledge Officer of C-WBN and Mr. Anderson Marshall, Director of Corporate Services at CXC also participated in the ceremony.

  • DE-BY: Bayerns Regierung plant "Digital Bavaria"

    Bayerns Wirtschaftsminister Martin Zeil (FDP) hat die Strategie "Digital Bavaria" (PDF-Datei) am Mittwoch in München vorgestellt. Mit diesem Konzept soll die Digitalisierung Bayerns vorangetrieben werden. Eines der Projekte fördert die Anbindung aller Regionen Bayerns an das Breitband-Internet, denn dieses bildet laut Zeil das "Rückgrat der Digitalisierung". Eine Milliarde Euro seien dafür bereits fest im Haushalt eingeplant. Für die weiteren Projekte sollen nach den Plänen des Ministeriums 250 Millionen Euro bereitgestellt werden.

  • DE-BY: Pschierer stellt Studie „Zukunftspfade Digitales Bayern 2020“ vor

    Mehr als acht Millionen Menschen sind heute in Bayern online. „Das Internet hat neue Spannungsfelder eröffnet, die Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft aber auch Bürger und Konsumenten vor große Herausforderungen stellen. Zentrale Themen wie IT-Sicherheit, Breitbandversorgung oder E-Government stehen auf der Tagesordnung“, stellte der IT-Beauftragte der Bayerischen Staatsregierung, Finanzstaatssekretär Franz Josef Pschierer, bei der Vorstellung der „Zukunftspfade Digitales Bayern 2020“ am Montag (23.4.) in München fest.

    Mit dem weiteren Ausbau von eGovernment könnten Verwaltungsprozesse effizienter gestaltet werden. Staatliches Handeln werde für die Bürger leichter zugänglich und transparenter gemacht, stellte Pschierer fest. Zugangsoptionen, Breitbandangebot und Kompetenz müssten dabei unabhängig von Bevölkerungsschichten, Herkunft oder Wohnort angeboten werden. Eine lebensechte digitale Gesellschaft könne es nur dann geben, wenn der Schutz der Persönlichkeit und der persönlichen Daten im gesellschaftlichen, politischen und individuellen Bewusstsein sowie in institutionellen Regelungen nachhaltig und zukunftssicher verankert sei. IT-Sicherheit sei künftig ein zentraler Standortfaktor im europäischen und im internationalen Wettbewerb. Bürger und Unternehmen würden dorthin gehen, wo sie sich sicher fühlen - auf der Straße, aber auch im Netz.

  • DE: Bitkom fordert neue Infrastrukturpolitik

    Die öffentliche Hand müsse die Digitalisierung wichtiger Infrastruktur aktiver vorantreiben, forderte am Donnerstag der Branchenverband Bitkom. Zentrale Punkte lassen sich im neuen Grundsatzpapier "Der Staat als Gestalter der digitalen Welt" (PDF-Dokument) nachlesen.

    Um der rasanten technologischen Entwicklung und Herausforderungen wie etwa der Energiewende begegnen zu können, ist dem Bitkom zufolge eine umfassende industriepolitische Agenda für Deutschland nötig. Der Staat müsse unter anderem den Breitband-Ausbau durch ein investitionsfreundliches Klima fördern und Anreize für den Aufbau intelligenter Netze schaffen. In Summe seien Investitionen in dreistelliger Milliardenhöhe erforderlich, die von der Wirtschaft und vom Staat gemeinsam getragen werden sollten.

  • DE: BITKOM fordert Neuorientierung in der Infrastrukturpolitik

    Der Hightech-Verband BITKOM hat angesichts der rasanten technologischen Entwicklung und dem daraus folgenden Modernisierungsbedarf eine Neuausrichtung der Wirtschafts- und Infrastrukturpolitik in Deutschland gefordert. „Die von Hightech getriebene Ökonomie des 21. Jahrhunderts funktioniert mit neuen Mechanismen und Maßstäben“, sagte BITKOM-Präsident Prof. Dieter Kempf. „Darauf muss die Politik reagieren und entsprechend handeln.“ Deutschland stehe wie alle Industrieländer vor der Herausforderung, seine fünf zentralen Infrastrukturen in den Bereichen Energie, Verkehr, Gesundheit, Bildung und öffentliche Verwaltung gleichzeitig modernisieren zu müssen. „Modernisierung von Infrastrukturen heißt heute Digitalisierung“, sagte Kempf. Da diese Bereiche sehr stark reguliert sind, komme der öffentlichen Hand eine zentrale Bedeutung in diesem Prozess zu. Kempf: „Der Staat muss seine Rolle als Wegbereiter des digitalen Wandels aktiv wahrnehmen.“ Der Staat sei Initiator neuer Technologien, setze Investitionsanreize und schaffe neue Märkte.

  • Defining Canada’s missing Digital Economy Strategy

    Recently we formed the ‘Canadian Cloud Best Practices Council‘, to define a strategy for how Canada can become a leader in the emerging field of Cloud Computing.

    Central to this will be the development and publication of policies for ‘Digital Economy’ leadership.

    This is a crucial piece of the puzzle, because as the article Digital Nation 2011 from Backbone Magazine highlights, Canada is still missing this essential policy.

  • Delaying ‘Digital Bangladesh’

    The proposal comes despite the fact that the government is yet to release any amount from the Tk7bn ICT development fund promised three years back

    Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposed an additional allocation of Tk500m for a crash-training programme to develop as many as 10,000 IT professionals in the next two years. The proposal comes despite the fact that the government is yet to release any amount from the Tk7bn ICT development fund promised three years back.

    The minister in his budget proposal yesterday also presented a booklet titled “Journey towards a Digital Bangladesh: Update 2013”, which showed that the government has stepped back three years from its promise to bring multimedia class rooms in every schools from 2015.

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