This site offers information on information and communication technologies in Africa (for the moment, about 20 African countries are dealt with). You will find many fulltext documents and a database with information on ICT indicators in different African countries. [editors ilissAfrica]"Research ICT Africa! seeks to fulfil a strategic gap in the development of a sustainable information society and knowledge economy on the African continent by building information communication technology (ICT) policy and regulatory research capacity in Africa needed to inform effective governance.
Through a network of African researchers it will generate the information and analysis needed to inform appropriate but visionary policy formulation and effective regulation of ICTs across Africa. It will embark on sustained and rigorous research to provide decision-makers with the data and analysis to make informed decisions in the public interest.
The Research ICT Africa! partners include tertiary institutions and development agencies in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia." ... [according to site editor's information]
CIPESA is an initiative to help Africans to better understand the policy-making processes that affect them, especially in the area of information and communications technology (ICT) and development. Its objectives are to raise awareness about key issues, provide useful information to assist African participation in policy-making, and stir debate by sparking discussion and convening productive gatherings.
CIPESA's mission is to increase the capacity of East and Southern African stakeholders to participate in international ICT policy-making. The aim is to promote the effective representation of African interests in international policy-making processes. ... [according to site editor's information]
The author grew up in Kenya and the Sudan and is a web-technology professional. Therefore, the focus of his blog is on new information and communication technologies (ICT) in Africa. You will find many interesting articles about "Internet and Africa", "mobile phones and Africa" or "inventions from Africa". Furthermore, you will also find a "calendar of African technology events". ... [editors ilissAfrica]
The author presents slides of some of her presentations about ICTD (Information and Communication Technologies and Development) with a focus on mobile phones and gender. [editors ilissAfrica]
"Worldreader.org’s mission is to make digital books available to all in the developing world". A pilot project was initiated in Ghana. The website offers you information and reports on the project. [editors ilissAfrica]
The author of the site, Ken Banks is the creator of FrontlineSMS, a mobile messaging application used by grassroots non-profit communities worldwide. Among others, the website offers a database which contains projects wordlwide using mobile phones for development project and the like. The site and its blog moreover offer a lot of articles and information connecting new technologies to anthropology, conservation and development. Ken Banks is computer scientist and later on studied at SOAS. Since the early 1990s he travelled a lot around different African countries. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
Founded in November 1959 by the government the objective of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences is the dissemination of knowledge. This is done mainly through public lectures. In recent times the Academy has broadened the scope of its public fora to include colloquia, press conferences, and roundtable discussions. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
Africa'nti, comme Netsuds, est programme de recherche au sein du CEAN qui analyse l'implantation, l'utilisation et les effets des NTIC en Afrique. On trouve sur le site de nombreux documents en texte intégral: un livre électronique, des extraits de livres, des articles, des thèses, des exposés de conférences et plus. [rédaction ilissAfrica]
This site offers information on organisations working on ICTs in Africa. You can browse for topic and country and so find the according organisation. Furthermore, you will find a newsletter (last edition: July 2007) and news (last news: march 2009). [editors ilissAfrica]
Ce site vous propose des informations sur les technologies d'information et de communication en Afrique, avec un accent sur les politiques des TIC. Vous y trouverez beaucoup de document en texte intégral, aussi bien sous "bibliothèque" que sous "Rapports / Guides". [rédaction ilissAfrica]