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| Title |
Information and Communication Technologies for African Development: An assessment of Progress and Challenges Ahead |
| Author(s)/Editor |
Joseph O.Okpaku Edited by Sr. Ph.D. |
| Date |
2003 |
| Subject |
Policy, Regulation, Technology, Initiative, Indicators/Statistics, Information Society, Telecommunications, ICT Application (Agriculture), ICT Application (Health), ICT Application (Education) |
| Location |
Africa |
| Organisation |
United Nations (UN) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Task Force (TF) |
| Key Words |
Africa, development, health, infrastructure, access, progress, challenge, |
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| Abstract |
On several occasions, the Secretary-General of the United Nations has seized the opportunity of the presence of key players and potential partners to advocate a global collective effort to deploy the versatile applications of Information and Communications Technologies in support of Africa’s development efforts. One such address was to the Opening of the third meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on September 30,2002. Following is the text of the statement.
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Information and Communication Technologies for African Development: An assessment of Progress and Challenges Ahead
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1. Preface by José María Figueres,Chairman, UN ICT Task Force
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2. Information And Communication Technologies: A Priority For Africa’s Development — A Statement by Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
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3. Introduction Information and Communications Technologies as a Tool for African Self-Development: Towards a Re-Definition of Development, Joseph O. Okpaku, Sr.
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4. Background on Information and Communications Technologies for Development in Africa, Joseph O. Okpaku, Sr.
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5. Restoring Africa ’s National Space, Alpha Oumar Konaré
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6. The Current Status of Information and Communications Technologies in Africa, Mike Jensen
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7. Information and Communications Technologies in the Service of Development: The New Partnership for Africa ’s Development (NEPAD), H.E. Abdoulaye Wade
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8. The United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, Pekka Tarjanne
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9. Information and Communication Technologies as an Instrument to Leverage the Millennium Development Goals Sarbuland Khan
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10. The Role of Information and Communications Technologies in the African Development Agenda, Joseph O. Okpaku, Sr.
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11. Regional Information and Communications Technologies Developments in Africa - The AISI Perspective, Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane
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12. Info-communication for Development in Africa: The African Connection Initiative, Emmanuel OlekAmbainei and Mavis Ampah Sintim-Misa
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13. Africa ’s Digital Rights, Nii Narku Quaynor
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14. Building the Digital Bridge —-Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies, Joseph O. Okpaku, Sr.
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15. Digital Bridge to Africa: The Digital Diaspora Network for Africa, Akhtar Badshah and Justin Thumler
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16. Tip-toeing Across the Digital Divide: African Entrepreneurs Applying, Adapting and Advancing Appropriate Information Technologies, crocker snow, Jr.
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17. From Technology Transfer to Strategic Acquisition of Technological Capabilities: Lessons from African ICT Firms, Gillian M. Marcelle
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18. Towards a Road Map for Information and Communications Technology Development in Africa, Joseph O. Okpaku, Sr.
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19. Appendices
- Appendix I - UN ICT Task Force Initiatives in Africa
- Appendix II - Shortlist of ICT for Development Initiatives in Africa
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21. Notes on Contributors
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22. Index
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| Attribution |
The interim secretariat of the UN ICT Task Force can be contacted at:
(212) 963 5796
(212) 963 1712
http://www.unicttaskforce.org
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