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Interview
with the ECA Executive Secretary, Mr Abdoulie Janneh,
Tunis, Tunisia.
:: ECA,
Africa and follow-up to WSIS
28 November 2005
Tunis, 28 November - The World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS), held earlier this month in Tunis, ended
with a strong call to speed up the pace of building a
global information society.
:: WSIS
2005 Coverage |
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Information
society summit kicks off in Tunis
Press Release No.20/2005
Tunis,
14 November 2005 – About 11,000 participants from all
walks of life - including heads of states and governments,
representatives of the private/public sector and civil
society - are due to attend the second phase of the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) which will take
place in Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005. |
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Experts
discuss technological solutions to enhance land administration
By Mercy Wambui, 11 October 2005
The Development Information Services Division (DISD) hosted
a one-day seminar on “End-to-End Cadastral Solutions for
Economic Development” on Friday, October 07, 2005 in the
UNCC. “Cadastre” is the technical term for the system
of maintaining public registers of interests in land,
to support land transactions and general land administration. |
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Meeting
concludes with declaration on gender equality in the information
society
By
Mercy Wambui, 03 October 2005.
Gender activists and public sector representatives
known as “National machineries” adopted a
draft declaration that seeks to advance gender equality
in addressing the digital divide. The final declaration
will be presented at the forthcoming World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) to be held in Tunis, November
2005.
Related Link:
Mainstreaming ICT in national gender empowerment agenda
By Mercy Wambui, 28 September 2005 |
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Awards
ceremony for journalists’ use of ICTs
Press release No.15/2005, Addis Ababa, 13 September
- ECA and its partners this year will present awards
to African journalists who, in their opinion, have made
significant strides in promoting the use of information
and communication technologies (ICTs) on the continent.
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ICT
partners reflect on Africa’s infrastructure challenges
By Mercy Wambui, 08 September 2005
Members of Partners in Communication and Information Technologies
for Africa (PICTA) and Global Knowledge Partners (GKP)
began a two-day meeting on 7 September 2005 in Addis Ababa,
to reflect on “Making Infrastructure and Access Efforts
in Africa More Effective”. |
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Journalism
instructors receive training on the information society
By Mercy Wambui, Communication Officer, 15 August
2005
Journalism instructors from institutions based in Francophone
Africa participated in a five-day workshop on Media and
the Information Society. |
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ECA
begins four-month ICT capacity training for Ethiopian
Customs Officials
By Yinka Adeyemi, 11 July 2005
ECA’s Development Information Services Division
(DISD) this week launched a four-month capacity building
training workshop for Ethiopian Customs Authority officials
as part of the Division’s efforts at strengthening
ICT applications in socio-economic sectors of African
countries. |
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Talking
about a Revolution: KY Amoako discusses the importance
of technology to Africa’s economic development
ECA's ICT focus receives attention from delegates attending
the G8 Summit in Gleneagles through iDM magazine where
KY Amoako discusses the importance of technology to
Africa's economic development. Click on "Talking
about a revolution" at www.the-idm.com.
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Ethiopian academics go practical in the Information Age
By Mercy Wambui, June 1st 2005
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 |
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"Africa should
make more use of Free and Open Source Software",
By Mercy Wambui, 24 April 2004
Experts to unpack the
value of Information as an Economic Resource,
By Mercy Wambui, 22 April 2005. |
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Consultative workshop
held on Ethiopia's new broadband initiative
By Mercy Wambui, 29 March 2005
A consultative workshop on Ethiopia's ICT development
was held on 29 March 2005 with the objective of introducing
the general public to Ethiopian telecom’s expansion
of the ICT infrastructure to provide multiplicity of services,
such as data, voice and video. |
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Call to boost Free
Trade Area project in Maghreb Arab Union States and
bring in e-trade
By Petchezi Essodeina, 16 March 2005
A three-day seminar was held from 1 to 3 March in Tangier,
Morocco under the theme "ICT and development of trade
exchange in Maghreb Arab Union (known as UMA in French)".
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ICTs to boost trade in
Maghreb States
By Petchezi Essodeina, ECA,
28 February 2005.
A workshop on the use of ICT as a tool to boost trade
exchanges within the Union du Maghreb Arabe (UMA) will
be held from 1 to 3 March 2005 in Tangiers, Morocco by
ICT experts, private sector and civil society representatives
from member states. |
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GIS to help you get there
without getting lost
By Mercy Wambui, ECA, 28 February 2005
A seminar aimed discussing the merits of a proposed functional
addressing system for Africa, was held by the Development
Information Services Division (DISD) of ECA on 25 February
2005 at the UN Conference Centre. |
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Seeing ICT through
a gender lens
By Mercy Wambui, 17 January 2005
The gender movement in Africa needs to do a lot more to
sensitize policy makers on mainstreaming ICTs in National
Policy. Read full story. |
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Africa Prepares for Second Phase of World Summit on Information Society
ECA
Press Release 01/2005, 11 January
2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Approximately 1,000 people
from the private sector, civil society, media, government
and international institutions will meet in Ghana, next
month to discuss an “Action Plan on Africa and the
Knowledge Economy”, for expanding access to - and
use of - information and communications technologies in
Africa.
:: Conference website |
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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.
:: VIDEO
CLIP FROM THE AWARD CEREMONY
(7 minutes) |
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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.
:: Photo
Gallery |
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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. |
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ECA at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS),
10 - 12 December 2003, Geneva |
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African Media
and ICT4D: Documentary Evidence.
A new DISD publication.
Dec. 2003. |
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Africa Speaks
Perspectives on Africa’s Road toward the Info. Society.
Nov. 2003. |
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SCAN ICT
Indicators of Information and Communications Technologies
(ICT). The Impact of Information and Communications
Technology at the country level. October 2003 |
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E-
Strategies
National, Sectoral and Regional ICT Policies,
Plans and Strategies. Sub-committee on Information and
Communication Technology: ICT and Governance, April
2003. |
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