Information Technology Centre for Africa


:: What is ITCA? The Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA) is an information and communication technology (ICT) focused exhibition and learning centre to demonstrate to African policy makers and planners the value of ICT for development. The ITCA is an initiative led by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). For more about ITCA, click here.
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Exhibition The African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI) Meeting ITCA has organized an exhibition, which run in parallel with the conference and provided more than 15 corporations and other organizations with the opportunity to showcase their goods or services related to the activities of ANDI.
Exhibition at the Launch of the Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM) ITCA has organized an exhibition, that run in parallel with the meeting featuring more than 30 international and local companies, organizations and government offices specializing in a variety of services. The exhibition provided participants and exhibitors with an excellent opportunity to network and exchange ideas regarding the promotion of geospatial Science and technology in Africa.
Capacity Building on Network and Information Security for the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Gambia Based on a request received by ECA from the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of the Gambia for assistance in building the capacity of the staff of the Office and its sub-sectors, the ICT and Science and Technology Division organized a training workshop on “Network and Information Security” held from 13-16 June 2011.
Exhibition at the CODIST-II Event CODIST-II held from 2-5 May 2011 brought together Member States delegates in the field of the ICT, Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), Geo-Information as well as Libraries and Information Services and other experts to explore the extent to which African countries have harnessed innovation to enhance industrial development on the continent, and to advise the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in these areas.
Internet Governance Training Workshop ITCA, in collaboration with the Diplo Foundation, has organized a training workshop on e-Diplomacy; Internet Governance (IG) issues and information and communication technology (ICT) policies in national, regional and international processes.
Exhibition at the AARSE 2010 Conference An exhibition organized by the ICTs, Science & Technology Division (ISTD) along with the 8th International Conference African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) that took place from 25 to 29 October 2010, at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa.
Exhibition at the Sscience with Africa 2 Conference A Joint AU-ECA Exhibition along with the Science With Africa 2 Conference has taken place from 23 to 25 June 2010, at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa.
ECA - AU Joint Exhibition A joint ECA -African Union (AU) exhibition on "ICTs in Africa" was held from January 29 - February 2, 2010 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa.
	ISTD-CODIST Exhibition @ the First session of the CODIST at the UNCC from April 29-May 1, 2009 CODIST-I Exhibition was organized along with the First session of the Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST-I) organized by the ICTs and Science & Technology Division (ISTD) of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). The exhibition took place from April 29 – May 1, 2009 at the UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
	ECA Exhibition @ eLearning Africa 2008 Conference, Accra, Ghana ISTD has setup an exhibition on the 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training event that took place from May 28 – 30, 2008 in the Accra International Conference Centre, Ghana. The exhibition stand was used to display posters that show ICT for development, status of NICI activities in ECA supported member States, various projects run in the division. [For more click here]
	Distribution of resource documents and CDs at the 2nd AU CIT Minsters meeting, Cairo, Egypt. ISTD has distributed resource documents and CDs and multimedia DVDs at the 2nd African Union Ministerial Conference on Communication and Information Technologies that took place at the Fairmont Towers Hotel, Cairo, Egypt from 11-14 of May 2008. [For more click here]
	ISTD Exhibition on the Science with Africa Conference The ICTs and Science & Technology Division of ECA has organized an exhibition that goes along with the Science with Africa Conference, which was organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in collaboration with the African Union Commission and its partners, aimed at exploring how African science based entities can increase their collaboration with and participation in international science and R&D projects. [For more click here]
	Web-based Programming Capacity building training for the Ethiopian Customs Authority Staff A series of capacity building training to build the capacity of the staff of the Ethiopian Customs Authority were delivered to 41 participants from the period August 20 - November 29 2007. [For more click here]
	Training on Web-based Journalism A five day long capacity building training for Ethiopian women journalists was conducted at the Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA) from August 27 – 31, 2007. [For more click here]
	ECA awarded *Certificate of Excellent Particpation on ASYCUDA++ Implementation* The Economic Commission for Africa is awarded a certificate of Excellent Participation on Implementation of ASYCUDA ++ by the Ethiopian Customs Authority for its efforts on providing a range of courses for customs officials that would help support the ASYCUDA++ implementation. [For more click here]
	eLearning Capacity Building Workshop A five day long e-Learning capacity building workshop was conducted at the Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA) from August 13 – 17, 2007. [For more click here]
	African government innovation in information technology rewarded Twelve innovative projects taking Africa forward in the field of information technology were rewarded for their enterprise at a glittering ceremony in Addis Ababa on Tuesday night. [For more click here]
	CODI-V The Fifth Session of the Committee on Development Information 29 April - 4 May 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ISTD is the main organizer of the exhibition on the CODI V event . It has organized an exhibition to which attracted 14 exhibitors that participated on the exhibition. For this particular event, posters, multimedia, a CODI information resource CD that holds most of the conference materials and resources as well as previous CODI resources was prepared to be delivered to participants. Other deliverables include the calendars on the activities of AISI � ITCA and AISI � VarsityNet initiatives and AISI briefing series booklets. The posters reflect on: • The AISI framework and policy activities • Countries that have adopted the AISI NICI framework • Partners of ISTD and their main activities on ICT4D through out the region • The main theme of the CODI V event • Main CODI V poster • Previous CODI meetings • The first Technology in Government in Africa (TIGA) award Activities on this event are supported by the Africa Node of the Global ePolicy Resource Network (ePol-NET) and Canadian e-Policy Resource Centre (CePRC). [For more click here]
	A joint ECA -African Union (AU) exhibition with the technical support of the ECA , was held from 25-30 January, 2007 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa . The exhibition was part of the African Heads of States Summit on Science, Technology and Scientific Research for Development and Climate Change in Africa. [For more click here]
	Information Resources on Youth Development in Africa portal launched A portal designed along with the theme of ADF V: "Youth and Leadership in the 21st Century" and to serve as an entry point to articles, documents and links that deal with youth development in the African continent and the Diaspora is launched. This portal hosts a list of links of institutions and initiatives that focus on the youth in the region. The web portal development is supported by the Africa Node of the Global ePolicy Resource Network (ePol-NET) and Canadian e-Policy Resource Centre (CePRC). For more click here.
	ADF V: eSkills for Youth Entrepreneurship Addis Ababa, 15 November - More than 55 African youth, representing all of ECA's member States participated in a one day intensive skills building programme on Blogging and e-commerce at the Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA). For more click here.
	ITCA Launches African eLearning Initiative (October 2006) ITCA has launched an online learning management that would facilitate the training of African policy makers and other stakeholders on the role of ICTs for socio-economic development and need and process of national and sectoral ICT policies and e-strategies. For more click here.
	Implementation of ASYCUDA Project ITCA staff will assist the Ethiopian Customs Authority with a major renovation of their automated systems by providing training on a number of software and hardware applications including A+, CISCO, Linux, Windows 2003, Oracle, MS SQL Server and Web Development tools such as Dreamweaver. Focusing on application development and network management, a number of trainees selected from various cities across Ethiopia and Djibouti will receive the training. Please revisit this site periodiaclly to monitor the progress of these activities.
	The Canada Fund for Africa Exhibit, Addis Sheraton, 6 – 8 June, 2005 ITCA staff, in conjuction with the ECA Communication Team, arranged an ECA exhibit for the Canada Fund for Africa Event. Although the event ran from 6 – 8 June, 2005 at the Addis Sheraton Hotel, the ECA exhibit was only operational for the Networking Bazaart held on the 6th of June. During this time, ITCA and CommTeam staff were able to engage and attract visitors to the exhibit where a number on interactions were used to provide detailed information describing key activities that have resulted from ECA’s partnership with the government of Canada. Click here for more
	Training of Ethiopian Parliamentarians Thirty six Ethiopian Members of Parliament graduated on Thursday, 28th August after a 3-month ECA-sponsored intensive training on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) with specific reference to e-strategies for development. The training was offered to the MPs as an effort to build the capacity of African stakeholders, which is one of the key missions underscored by the outreach programme of ECA's African Information Society Initiative (AISI).
	Touch-screen kiosk for local administration 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. More.. Photo Gallery
	Telemedicine for Ethiopia 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). More..
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