OSISA - ICTs

ICT Programme

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:24:35 -0500

VISION

A region whereby citizens live equitably, free from poverty and the suffocating grip of underdevelopment and the control of information. A region where adequate access to information for development is secured by ensuring appropriate access for civil society to effectively participate in the Global Information Society (GIS).

ICT funding guidelines

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 03:47:33 -0500

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING PROJECTS

As an overarching principle, OSISA will support programmes where ICT policy, technologies, networking, literacy and development awareness are not an end in themselves, but where the emphasis is on social action for change. OSISA will not support ‘inward looking’ ICT specialist institutions and individuals, but wide-membership activist efforts where the emphasis is on social action – mobilizing citizens for change.

Vodacom reflects 4.7% growth

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:09:39 -0500

Vodacom hits 33 Million subscribers
MyADSL - Melville,South Africa
As at December 31, 2007, Vodacom Group recorded 33.0 million customers across its networks operating in South Africa, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho and Mozambique. This reflects a 4.7% increase in the three months since September 30, 2007. The growth in the customer base is a result of high gross

Angola: 2007 growth in IT sector

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:49:39 -0500

Angola: Retrospect - IT Sector Evolved in 2007
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Angola recorded in 2007 a great growth in the sector of information and communication technologies, in which digital facility is accessible to all citizens and the access to Internet is no longer a problem.Available data indicate that about 3 million citizens are connected to Internet and are cell phone users ... Today, the urban centres are seen as more

Zambia to invest in telecoms

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:44:24 -0500

Zambia telecoms ups spending on mobile, cable
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
By Shapi Shacinda LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's state telephone utility will spend about $105 million to lay a fibre optic network and to lift its mobile subscription to one million customers by June 2008, its managing director said. Simon Tembo said Cell-Z, a subsidiary of the state-owned Zamtel Ltd., hoped to increase its mobile subscriber base from the current

Knowledge-based products in Botswana

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:15:35 -0500

Botswana: Country Must Own Knowledge-Based Products-Nkate
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA

Minister of Education, Jacob Nkate, says the revitalisation of tertiary education and the expansion of its contribution to poverty eradication, socio-economic growth, peace and stability across the Southern Africa region requires large scale concerted political, technical, commitment and institutional dedication. Jacob Nkate was giving a keynote address at the 'Open Access' leadership summit of the Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) at the University of Botswana (UB) ... Nkate revealed that the government of Botswana is seriously committed to increasing the skills level of its people. "I believe increased government-sponsored access to tertiary education will address the skills shortages we are faced with as well as fulfilling the Vision 2016 aspiration of Botswana becoming a knowledge-based society," he said ... Nkate further stated that whilst the post-colonial concerns were about becoming more competent, it is now more important than ever that Africans become increasingly skilled in their own knowledge production, be active creators and contributors to international thinking and decision-making rather than be on the receiving end ... "Open access approaches and models promote universal unrestricted free access to full-text scholarly materials and scientific research via the Internet which in turn accelerates knowledge transfer," he said ...

BTC slashes Internet bandwidth prices

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:25:31 -0400

Botswana: BTC Slashes Internet Bandwidth Prices By 64 Percent
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The country's leading telecommunications service provider, the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC), has reduced Internet bandwidth prices by up to 64 percent as part of its commitment to providing affordable Internet access ... Due to a substantial increase in bandwidth demand

Mozambique voter registration snags

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:31:48 -0400

Mozambique: CNE Blames South African Company
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) may hold the South African company that supplied computer equipment for the current voter registration responsible for the delays and breakdowns that have characterised the work ever since it began, on 24 September.Speaking to Mozambican Television (TVM), CNE spokesperson Juvenal Bucuane

Telecom Namibia partners with Cisco

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:30:52 -0400

Namibia: Telecom Partners With Cisco
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
TELECOM Namibia yesterday became the first country in emerging sub-Saharan Africa - which excludes South Africa - to be awarded membership to the Cisco Systems programme. The Cisco programme includes more than 300 global members and allows them to take advantage of Cisco's marketing and technical expertise in the promotion of their network services. Nasdaq-listed Cisco Systems is a California-based

Infrastructure development in DRC

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:20:16 -0400

DRC Plans Ambitious Infrastructure Development
OneWorld.net - London,England,UK
For all the difficulties in Eastern Congo, the DRC has seen a number of recent developments that will form the beginning of a backbone development plan for the country. Canadian NGO Alternatives launched its extremely detailed feasibility study for a backbone plan and the Government has begun to look at some of the issues that will need to be addressed if it is to

Africa needs aggressive ICT policies

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:46:24 -0400

Continent Must Develop Aggressive ICT Policies
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
If Malawi is to speed up its integration into the global village, then it must develop more aggressive policies on Information and Communication Technology ... Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, chief executive officer of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO), was speaking after a meeting with senior staff of the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority

Mozambique government goes online

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:50:31 -0400

Mozambique: Internet Compulsory in All Government Institutions
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The government of Northern Province of Nampula has set the end of this month as the deadline for all State's institutions to be connected via Internet. This last move seeks to speed up the flow on information, improve efficiency and confidentiality of the documents circulating among the different State's institutions, including cooperation partners ... Nampula governor, Felismino Tocoli, said that this will also contribute

Poverty and the Internet in Malawi

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:43:09 -0400

Is Internet the answer to poverty in Malawi?
Malawi's Daily Times - Malawi
I logged on to www.bbc.co.uk and waited…Chelsea had beaten Liverpool 1-0. What a relief. I had been waiting nervously for the result since leaving Blantyre for Mulanje. I read with joy that Joe Cole had finally given the Blues a goal to celebrate that Wednesday, knocking in a cross from Didier Drogba to give Chelsea a 1-0 win in the first leg of the Champions League

Botswana unveils new ICT policy

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:39:55 -0400

Botswana: Venson Unveils ICT Project
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Minister of Communications, Science, and Technology, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi has challenged Parliament with a draft Information Technology Bill with 'supportive legislative frame works designed to meet the country's economic diversification plans'. "The draft policy focuses on seven key areas that are expected to deliver the level of impact required to transform our society and economy," she

ICTs and poverty in Namibia

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:56:53 -0400

Namibia: ICT for Poverty Alleviation
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Although Namibia has made positive strides in the development of its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, there are still costly limitations on rural community services."The ICT sector has the potential to become a principal source of new employment opportunities, especially for young people, mostly in smaller and medium-sized firms. However, to tap its potential, we will