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Involving higher education institutions in building African Information Society

A nation's ability to fully develop an Information Society depends on the capacity of its people to be educated, to assimilate, and to process complex information. In this context, higher education institutions play a critical role, whilst repositioning themselves for the challenges of globalization and the information age.

Ethiopian academics go practical in the Information Age
(01/06/05)

A half-day workshop was held by the Computer Science & Mathematics Department of Addis Ababa University and ECA on 31 May 2005 at the UN Conference Centre to unpack the implications of Free and Open Source Software for Ethiopia’s development and to address local software development issues in Ethiopia. More >>

WSIS Africa Regional Preparatory Conference, 28 January - 04 February 2005, Accra, Ghana

The African academia network organised a series of workshops and meetings during WSIS Accra2005 to consolidate African academia contributions to the second phase of the WSIS. More >>

WSIS Academia Research Network (ARN)

The Academia Research Network (ARN) was launched by ECA with the support of the Ford Foundation in December 2003, during the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva. The network was created to provide a platform and space for a selected group of leading African academics and researchers to enhance their role and reflect on the many intellectual challenges related to the information society. more

Nurturing African ICT Innovation, 29 September – 1 October 2004, Tunis, Tunisia

The technological city of Communication “Elgazala” in collaboration with the French Agency for Communication (XCOM) organize the second ‘Med-IT–2004’ conference entitled "Mediterranean’s business meeting on information technologies". The purpose was to create a framework for ICT entrepreneurs from North Africa and Europe to share experiences and promote partnerships. Alongside this event and based on an invitation from the Tunisian Government, ECA organised a side event to enable other African ICT actors to share and learn information and knowledge on the promotion and development of techno-parks and incubators for Africa's Information Society. The workshop examine strategies for fostering entrepreneurship and private sector development through technology parks and incubators for innovation in ICTs. The outcomes of this event will feed into the forthcoming Africa WSIS Regional Preparatory Conference scheduled to take place in Accra from 2 to 5 February 2005. More: Thierry Amoussougbo (tamoussougbo@uneca.org).