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This
page features information about projects currently in progress in
the areas of African Science and Technology.
The Leland
Initiative (LI) is a five-year, $15 million US Government effort
to extend full Internet connectivity to approximately twenty African
countries in order to promote sustainable development. LI seeks to
bring the benefits of the global information revolution to the people
of Africa through connection to the Internet and other Global Information
Infrastructure (GII) technologies.
http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/leland
| Database
on International ICT Development Projects in Africa |
The Database
on International ICT Development Projects in Africa lists the
activities of agencies with programmes and projects relating to support
for ICTs in Africa. The listings are being regularly updated with
support from a number of development agencies who have requested research
studies in this area, in particular the IDRC of Canada.
http://www3.sn.apc.org/africa/projects.htm
| Regional
Informatics Network for Africa |
The Regional Informatics
Network for Africa (RINAF) project brings basic Internet services
(e-mail, bulletin boards, access to data bases, discussion lists,
etc.) to several African countries. RINAF's goal is to establish five
regional and ten national nodes.
http://spcons.cnuce.cnr.it/RINAF
| Project
for Information Access and Connectivity |
The Project for Information Access
and Connectivity (PIAC), which is sponsored by the
Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, works with African
grantees and program officers of both foundations on issues of using
technology.
http://www.piac.org
| International
Potato Center |
The International
Potato Center, known worldwide by its Spanish acronym, CIP, sees
the potato and other Andean root and tuber crops as under-exploited
resources for agricultural development and hunger relief in developing
countries. CIP enables researchers to develop technologies where they
will be most readily used, and with the people who will most quickly
adopt them. Increasingly, this includes farmers, communities, and
local nongovernmental organizations.
http://www.cipotato.org/Regions/Regions.htm
| International
Development Research Centre |
The International
Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a public corporation created
by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world
find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through
research. IDRC's List of Projects and Initiatives included on
their site are ACACIA, Bellanet, and the Middle East and North Africa Water Demand
Management Research Network (WDMRN).
http://www.idrc.ca/research/index_e.html
The Acacia Initiative is
an international effort to empower sub-Saharan African communities
with the ability to apply information and communication technologies
to their own social and economic development.
Acacia est une initiative internationale destinée à conforter les
efforts déployés en faveur des collectivités locales de l'Afrique
subsaharienne, et notamment leur capacité de mettre les technologies
de l'information et de la communication au service de leur développement
social et économique.
http://www.idrc.ca/acacia
| Partnership
for Information and Communication Technologies in Africa |
Partnership for Information and Communication Technologies in Africa
(PICTA) is an informal group of donors and executing agencies committed
to improving information exchange and collaboration around ICT activities
in Africa. It builds on the work of the African Networking Initiative
(ANI) and the African Internet Forum (AIF).
http://www.bellanet.org/partners/picta
| Global
Climate Change and Africa Science Activities |
Global Climate Change and Africa Science Activities are ongoing
projects addressing questions of global change in Africa. Each of
the projects listed are either targeted at building capacity to undertake
global change research within the region or have developed strong
partnerships with African scientists.
http://africagcc.gecp.virginia.edu/Science
| International
Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics - West and Central
African Sorghum Research Network |
The International
Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics - West and Central
African Sorghum Research Network (WCASRN) aims to improve the
production, productivity, and utilization of sorghum, to contribute
to greater food security and to enhance the economic and social well-being
of the people of the sorghum-producing countries of West and Central
Africa.
http://www.icrisat.org/text/partnerships/networks/wcasrn.htm
| African
International Network for Development Information Exchange |
The African
International Network for Development Information Exchange (INDIX-ICT)
database contains over 1,600 records describing development activities
funded by donor agencies in the field of information and communications
technology, provided free of charge to readers of the PICTA Web site.
http://www.bellanet.org/aiaims/gkaims/aiaims/indix_search_record.cfm?
show_all=true&scope=Africa
| International
Institute for Communication and Development |
The International Institute for Communication
and Development (IICD) assists developing countries to utilize
the opportunities offered by information and communication technologies
(ICTs) to realize sustainable development. Follow the link below and
click on the tab entitled "Projects".
http://www.iicd.org
| TeleCommons
Development Group |
TeleCommons Development Group (TDG) research provides support
for community development initiatives involving significant change
impacts, rural and remote telephone and Internet installations, and
applications of those systems for development purposes in Zambia,
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Senegal, Egypt, Mexico, Chile and Canada.
http://www.telecommons.com/projects.cfm
| Education
for Development |
Education for Development is a university project for Africa
at Nkozi, Uganda under the direction of the Centre for Coordination
of Research of International Federation of Catholic University (IFCU).
The project studies community development and its ethical aspect
based on a presupposition that knowledge and science are inspired
by the cultural framework they are located in.
http://www.fiuc.org/english/projects
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