Title: All for the ‘e’: Initiatives in a limited access environment
Authors: Brian Sikute, Victor Mensah
Pages: 9 pp.
Date (published): 11/03/2010
Date (accessed): 06/04/2010
Type of information: conference paper
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has staked a claim as an indispensable backbone for development in all sectors. While a vigorous promotion of ICT is underway in almost all fields, the challenges of access, to most people, cannot be disregarded, much more so in a Capacity Development and Training environment.
This paper aims to share the initiatives being developed and implemented in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training in an environment with limited ICT access. The paper discusses ideas for the creation of an all inclusive environment for ICT skills development based on the findings of a brief survey on the ICT infrastructure capacity of some institutions of higher learning in Lusaka, Zambia. The paper then presents the results of some initiatives being implemented by the Commonwealth Youth Programme Regional Centre for Africa in supporting the development and use of ICTs, especially for education.

ICT and Development - Research Voices from Africa. International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Technical Commission 9 – Relationship Between Computers and Society. Workshop at Makerere University, Uganda. 22-23 March 2010