SCAN-ICT
in other countries
Project SCAN-ICT sponsored by
the Research Center for the International Development
(CRDI) and the Economic Commission of the United
Nations for Africa (ECA), aims at the realization
of an observatory regional on information technologies
in Africa.
The task of the observatory is
to provide to the users reliable indicators on
information technologies, their evolutions and
penetration in various socio-economic sectors of
the African countries taking part in the project.
In its pilot phase, the following
institutions took part in it:
Ethiopia: the pilot project is
carried out by Economics Department of the University
of Addis Ababa
Ghana: the pilot project is carried
out by the International Institute for Information
Technology (INIT).
Mozambique: the pilot project
is carried out by Center for Informatics Eduardo
Mondlane University (CIUM) and its site can be
consulted in the following address: http://www.scan-ict.uem.mz/
Morocco: the pilot project is
carried out by ITIGEO
(Data-processing Information Technologies and Géomatique)
and its site can be consulted in the following
address: http://scanict.marwan.ac.ma/.
Uganda: the pilot project is
carried out by Uganda National Council for Science
and Technology (UNST).
Senegal: the pilot project is
carried out by the Observatory on the information
systems, the networks and the info highways in
Senegal (OSIRIS). Its site can be consulted in
the following address: http://www.osiris.sn |