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Regional ICT Measurement Workshop, July 2009

The ECA, ITU, and UNCTAD are joining hands to organize ICT indicators capacity building training for two weeks in July 2009 (exact dates to be confirmed later) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) will also participate by bringing selected COMESA member States to the training. The training will focus on household and business indicators, methodologies for conducting surveys as well as the next phase of ECA's Scan-ICT programme and its implementation at national level. The training aims at building the capacity of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in sustaining the collection, analysis, and dissemination of ICT statistics based on internationally agreed indicators and standards.

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Rwanda Scan-ICT report

The areas covered by the Rwanda Scan-ICT project include Education, Health, Infrastructure, Public Administration, and Private Sector. The report presented the outcomes of the baseline study carried out in the framework of the Scan-ICT initiative. It includes the following components: the Scan-ICT methodology; Scan-ICT country profile/baseline data; and Scan-ICT country profile/analysis. It also follows the outline suggested by the Scan-ICT framework for the study. The Scan-ICT country profile and baseline data are presented in table format for maximum clarity; most indicators are presented graphically, in tables and charts. The section on methodology explains in detailed form how the study was conducted, discusses the suggested framework with regard to the indicators and provides recommendations for further studies.

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Gambia Scan-ICT report

The Scan-ICT project for the Gambia marks another milestone in the development of the ICT sector, measuring access, usage and exploitation of ICTs in the Country. This study was coordinated by the Department of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, the Department of State for Communications and Information and Technology and the Gambia Bureau of Statistics. Henceforth the exercise will be integrated in the regular data collection mechanism of the Statistical Bureau.

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Ghana Scan-ICT Report

This report documents the implementation of the Scan-ICT Phase 2 (Scan-ICT-2) in Ghana as a follow-up to the phase 1 process which involved the implementation of the Scan-ICT pilot project by the International Institute for Information Technology (INIIT) in 2001.

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Mauritius Scan-ICT Report

Mauritius Economic and Social Indicators: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) statistics - 2006. This is the first issue of the Economic and Social Indicators on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) statistics compiled by the Central Statistics Office. It contains statistics on ICT Infrastructure and access, and ICT usage by individuals and businesses based on information gathered from various administrative sources as well as from household and establishment surveys conducted by the office. Data presented in this report relate to the Republic of Mauritius and, unless otherwise stated, refer to the period 2000 to 2006.

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ECA-ITU-UNCTAD Regional Workshop on Information Society Measurements in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) are jointly organising a "Regional Workshop on Information Society Measurements in Africa" scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7 - 9 March 2007.

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Cameroon Scan-ICT report

The survey was conducted throughout the national territory in institutions representing government and private services (812) and among natural persons (1624) of these institutions responding as households, ISP (12) and fixed and mobile telephone operators (3) ; giving a total of 2451 sample units.

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Ghana launches Scan-ICT Phase II

Scan-ICT Phase II has been launched at a national workshop held in Accra, Ghana in March. The event organized by the Ghana Statistics Service (GSS) and the International Institute for Information Technology (INIIT) in collaboration with ECA, aimed at adopting a working methodology for implementing Scan-ICT, identifying ICT indicators for Ghana, creating awareness on the need for measuring ICT4D at national, regional, and international level, sharing information and knowledge on ICT data collection exercise in the various socio-economic sectors, and putting in place the necessary institutional arrangements for the implementation of the project. Over sixty participants attended from government including the ministry of communications, academia, private sector, and international organizations such as UNCTAD.

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Rwanda launches Scan-ICT Phase II

Scan-ICT Phase II has been launched at a national workshop held in Kigali, Rwanda on February 27 2006. The event organized by the Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA) in collaboration with ECA, aimed at adopting a working methodology for implementing Scan-ICT, identifying ICT indicators for Rwanda, creating awareness on the need for measuring ICT4D at national, regional, and international level, sharing information and knowledge on ICT data collection exercise in the various socio-economic sectors, and putting in place the necessary institutional arrangements for the implementation of the project. Over fifty participants attended the workshop including representatives ministries, academia, private sector, and international organizations.

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Scan-ICT phase II kicks off in Mauritius

Over 30 participants drawn from government, private sector and civil society organizations attended the launch of Scan-ICT Phase II at a workshop jointly organized by the ECA and the Central Statistics Office of Mauritius on 23 January 2006 in Port Louis, Mauritius.

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Scan-ICT Cameroon launched

The Scan-ICT Cameroon was launched at a workshop which was organised from 5 to 6 January 2006 at the Ecole Natonale Supérieure des Postes et Telecommunication (ENSPT) in Yaoundé, Cameroon. About one hundred participants participated in the workshop including 60 data enumerators from all Cameroonian provinces and 10 provincial delegates of the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.

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Scan-ICT launched in The Gambia
The Gambia Scan-ICT launching workshop took place from 29 - 30 November 2005 in Banjul, The Gambia.

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Scan-ICT Phase II kick-off workshop
The Scan-ICT Phase II kick-off workshop will take place from 30 June to 2 July 2005 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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List of Scan-ICT Phase II Countries
Countries participating in Scan-ICT Phase 2 with support from the Government of Finland include: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, and Swaziland

SCAN-ICT Phase I Review Workshop, 17-18 Feb 2004

ECA, in collaboration with IDRC held a concluding workshop for the first phase of the SCAN-ICT project from 17 to 18 February 2004 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The workshop brought together ICT practitioners and statisticians to reflect on the first phase of Scan-ICT, a multi-donor project which also includes the European Commission and NORAD aimed at building Africa's capacity to gather information and data needed to support ICT investments. The workshop reviewed.......

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AISI Briefing Paper

Measuring the Information Society for Development: SCAN ICT

Indicators of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) : The Impact of Information and Communications Technology at the country level

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Scan-ICT is an initiative of ECA, IDRC's Acacia, European Union and NORAD, that aims to build support for the phased development of a comprehensive African capability to collect and manage key information needed to support the growing investment in information and communication technologies (ICTs) as well as the transition of Africa to an information society. In addition, Scan-ICT describes an opportunity to build capacity in Africa -- the capacity for Africa to influence ICT investments, to extend their impact, and to encourage the development of made in Africa solutions, applications and content. The goal is to create a pan-African ICT network, connecting all levels of ICT related issues, which will be co-ordinated and supported by an observatory/research institute.