- Infostructure
in Mozambique. A country case study prepared for UNECA by
Telecommunication Foundation of Africa (TFA), Nairobi, Kenya. February 1996. The report
provides a critical examination of the use of information and communication technologies
and their state of development in Mozambique, with emphasis on the telecommunications, IT
and broadcasting infrastructures. The document appears also under the following headings:
- As part of the African Information
Society Initiative (AISI): "Empowering socio-economic development in Africa
utilising information technology. A critical examination of the social, economic,
technical and policy issues in Mozambique" by M. Werner, April 1996.
- UNECA (1996). Building
Africa’s information highway: the case of Mozambique. Seventh Meeting of the
Technical Thirty First Session of the Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 April-3 May
1996.
- Hawkins, R. (1994). Computer
Networking with Mozambique and its Relationship to the Bank’s Strategic Objectives.
World Bank Mimeo.
- USAID (1997). Model for Tariff
Structure of an International Gateway for Mozambique. Spreadsheet and mimeo.
- Jensen, M. (1998).
Mozambique. In: The Regional Informatics Network for Africa (RINAF). An external
evaluation for UNESCO. Appendices. pp. 70-72. Also available at the UNESCO Web
Site.
- Massingue, V. (1997). Towards an Information Society. Development
Projects. First CIUEM Workshop on Developing the
Information Society in Mozambique, Maputo, 4-5 February 1997. 46pp. The paper stresses on
the need to develop a national information policy and to establish a "Programme for
the Informatization of Mozambique" (Programa da Informatizaço do Pais - PIP) in
order to fully benefit from the use of ICT for social and economic development.
- Massingue, V. (1998). Towards an Information Society in Mozambique. The validity and process of the development of national informatics
policy: A shared experience. A contribution to the Workshop on National Information
and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) strategy for Namibia, 11-13 May 1998. The paper
highlights how the process to develop a "Programme for the Informatization of
Mozambique" (Programa da Informatizaço do Pais - PIP) has been undertaken with
emphasis on the rationale for the formulation of a National Informatics Policy. The author
also provides, in an annex, examples of ICT applications to support national developments
goals in the tourism, education and public administration sectors.
- The Southern Africa Regional Telecommunications Restructuring (RTR)
Program. Mozambique Telecommunications Sector Profile.
The web site includes country profile, tender notices, articles and other items to meet
the information needs of businesses seeking to enter or expand their presence in the
regional telecom market. The SATCC Telecommunications Sector Development Program is funded
by USAID.
- Centro de Informática Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (CIUEM). The Informatics Centre of the Eduardo Mondlane University is an academic
body specialising in Informatics, and its main activities are teaching, research and the
provision of services. Besides promoting the use of information and communication
technologies within the University, CIUEM plays a major role in the design, implementation
and use of such information and communication technologies in meeting the needs of the
country. CIUEM works closely with national and international institutions.
- Telecomunicações
de Moçambique (TDM) is the national telecommunication
operator responsible for the planning, installation and operation of the national and
international network. The major services offered by TDM are Telephone/Fax, telex, leased
lines, radio and television transmissions, cellular telephones (GSM) and Internet
services.
- The Acacia Initiative is an
international effort led by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to
empower Sub-saharan African communities with the ability to apply information and
communication technologies to their own social and economic development. Initially, Acacia
will be rooted most deeply in four countries: Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and
Uganda. Mutually reinforcing projects are being identified to reform policy, extend
infrastructure, address technology and usage issues, and to support the creation of
relevant applications and content.
- Acacia
National Strategies: Mozambique. The document has been
prepared following a two-day workshop entitled "Towards the Information Society"
held in Maputo by the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. The Workshop, initiated by IDRC and
supported by the World Bank, aided in the designing of the Acacia programme for
Mozambique.
- AAAS
Sub-Saharan Africa Program - User's Guide to Electronic Network in Africa - Mozambique: This web page, maintained by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, provides the status of electronic networking in Mozambique.
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