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Archive 2004 |
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ICT for
Development Training: Ethiopian MPs graduate
By Mercy Wambui, 29 November 2004.
The second round of ICT training conducted by ECA's Information
Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA) for 40 Ethiopian Members
of Parliament concluded yesterday. |
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East
Africa Community sets the pace for e-government,
17 November 2004.
ECA in collaboration with the East African Community (EAC)
and the Advancing IT Knowledge in Africa-Tanzania (AITEC-Tanzania),
is organizing a regional workshop on e-government strategy
from 17 to 19 November 2004 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
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ECA Awards African Media Achievements at Highway Africa
By Mercy Wambui, September 16, 2004
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration
with Highway Africa is co-hosting
the African
Information Society Initiative (AISI) 2004 media awards
ceremony in Grahamstown, South Africa.
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CLIP FROM THE AWARD CEREMONY
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East
Africa Community sets the pace for e-government
17 November 2004
In collaboration with partners,
ECA is organizing a regional workshop on e-government
strategy from 17 to 19 November 2004 in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. |
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ECA
Provides Touchscreen Kiosk for Addis Ababa Local Administration
By Mercy Wambui, ECA, 26 August 2004
A multimedia touch-screen kiosk in Amharic, developed
by ECA`s Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA)
to showcase the value of ICTs for facilitating information
delivery in local administration was launched on 25 August
2004 at the Nefa Silk Lafto Sub-City of the Addis Ababa
Municipality.
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Ethiopia
Embarks on Telemedicine Project
By Mercy Wambui, ECA, 20 August 2004
A two-week telemedicine training programme for over 20
Ethiopian medical doctors drawn from 10 hospitals in Addis
Ababa and regional towns started on Monday 16th August
2004 at the United Nations Conference Center (UNCC).The
Development Information Services Division (DISD) of ECA
is making available expertise and training facilities
for this training and other follow-up activities. |
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DISD
Bids Farewell to Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane
By Mercy Wambui, DISD, 7/23/04
Ms. Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane, Director of the Development
Information Services Division (DISD) has been recently
re-assigned as the new Director of ECA`s North African
Sub-regional Office in Tangiers, Morocco. |
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ECA's
perspectives on the Digital Solidarity Agenda,
The director of the Development Information
Services Division (DISD) of the ECA, Ms. Karima Bounemra
Ben Soltane, provided a concise appraisal of ECA’s
vision and activities with respect to creating knowledge
societies in Africa at the recent ITU Africa Telecom meeting
that took place in Cairo, Egypt from 3-6 May 2004. Read
full story. |
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Africa and the Knowledge Society
ECA's Deputy Executive Secretary, Ms. Lalla Ben Barka
was a key speaker at a High Level Panel on ICT and the
knowledge-based economy, organized on the 60th Session of the Economic
& Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
in Shanghai, China. |
