KwaMoja is an open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) project based in Africa, committed to improving the efficiency, and profitability of every African business. Welcome to the official KwaMoja web site. A new project from Africa, which hopes to give a fresh start to the webERP project. Our vision at […]
Africa • ERP • open source • softwareCommunity memory and ICT in a developing economy
Abstract The implementation of ICT in Africa pales in comparison with developed economies. Data of the use of landline phones, cellular phones and internet connectivity indicates that the most equipped African countries, of which there are only a handful, are worse off than the poorly connected countries in developed regions […]
2006 • Africa • community informatics • community memory • development • digital divide • poverty reduction • telecenter • telecommunicationsAfrica Gathering
Africa Gathering draws inspiration from the traditional, symbolic African Baobab tree: the place where people can gather to share knowledge, exchange ideas and learn from each other. Under AG’s tree all speaks openly, from activators to innovators, from artists to technologists. Under our tree we celebrate the change-makers and their […]
Africa • innovation • knowledge sharing / exchange • social changeInveneo
Inveneo is a 501c3 nonprofit social enterprise, which means that we operate like a business with a social mission. We aim to get the tools of information communications technology (ICT), such as computers, telephony, and Internet access to those who need it most — people and organizations in rural and […]
Africa • development • ICT4D • ICTs • internet • rural • sustainabilityTelecentresAfrica
TelecentresAfrica is an initiative launched by CTA and InfoBridge Foundation in support to rural community service delivery in Africa including telecentres and community radios. The programe is open to all stakeholders interested in promoting and implementing ICT4D projects for the development of rural communities in Africa. Within the context of […]
Africa • ICT4D • ICTs • radio • rural • sustainability • telecenterAfrican Virtual University
The African Virtual University (AVU) is a Pan African Intergovernmental Organization established by charter with the mandate of significantly increasing access to quality higher education and training through the innovative use of information communication technologies. Five African Governments, Kenya, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali and Cote d’Ivoire signed a Charter establishing the […]
Africa • Dakar | Senegal • education • Nairobi | KenyaCentre For Indigenous Knowledge Systems (CEFIKS)
CEFIKS – The Center for Indigenous Knowledge Systems (CEFIKS) is an independent not-for-profit, non-governmental organization based in Accra, Ghana. CEFIKS has an affiliate branch in the United States. CEFIKS is committed to the inclusion of indigenous knowledge systems in Africa, specifically Ghana, in the mushrooming information technology movement. CEFIKS is […]
Accra | Ghana • Africa • CEFIKS • development • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledgeCentre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD)
CIKOD’s vision is that of a society, where the rural poor, the marginalised and rural women have a voice and contribute pro-actively to equitable and sustainable community development. CIKOD’s Mission is to strengthen the capacities of communities through traditional authorities (TAs) and local institutions to utilize their local and appropriate […]
Africa • CIKOD • development • indigenous / traditional knowledge • participatory • rural • sustainabilityHeritage Education for Sustainable Development: Dialogue with Indigenous Communities in Africa
As the twenty-first century gets into gear, it is clear that the defining characteristic of our era is that of climate insecurity. The United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 14th Conference of Parties in Poznań, Poland held in December 2008 ended with a stalemate in north-south talks on how […]
2009 • Africa • cultural heritage • development • indigenous / traditional knowledge • oral tradition • sustainability • traditional cultureKabissa: Space for Change in Africa
Kabissa (1999-2018) was a volunteer-led non-governmental organization founded in 1999 and organized in the United States as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Our mission is to help African civil society organizations to put Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to work for the benefit of their communities. Our current program is to […]
Africa • ICT4D • ICTs • knowledge sharing / exchangeOne Media Player per Teacher (OMPT)
One Media Player per Teacher (OMPT) is equipping teachers in remote areas with the powerful technology of portable media players (PMPs). This allows village educators to give their students enhanced learning via recorded voices and lessons from the most proficient teachers in their nation. PMPs can contain an entire year’s […]
Africa • education • health • India • information literacy • infrastructure • rural • youthTelecentresAfrica
TelecentresAfrica is an initiative launched by CTA and InfoBridge Foundation in support to the telecentre movement in Africa. The programe is open to all stakeholders interested in promoting and implementing ICT4D projects for the development of rural communities in Africa. Within the context of the global knowledge economy, telecentres have […]
Africa • CTA • cybercafe • ICT4D • rural • sustainability • telecenterWait… What? Bridging Community Development & Technology (Linda Raftree’s blog)
NOTE: I have followed Linda’s tweets and read her blog since 2008, and met her very briefly during a meet up after the UN Week Digital Media Lounge in NYC in 2010. She’s got great energy and enthusiasm and is on my list of favorite ICT4D peeps. Cheers, Mark O. […]
Africa • communication • development • development communication • gender • ICT4D • ICTs • social media • violence prevention • youthMy Heart’s in Accra (Ethan Zuckerman’s blog)
My Heart’s in Accra is Ethan Zuckerman’s blog featuring his musings on Africa, international development and hacking the media. I have never met Ethan – although we live within three hours of each other. Some day, I will offer to treat him to a beer… he is an intriguing character. […]
Africa • development • UshahidiInformation Communications Technologies and Regional Integration: Africa and South America
This paper examines the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and regional integration as a pathway to socio-economic development in Africa and South America. Both regions face a colonial legacy often characterized by stronger external economic and political ties to the developed world than between the countries in the […]
2007 • Africa • colonization / colonialism • ICT4D • regional • South AmericaInformation and Communication Technologies in Development: Contextuality and Promise
Implementation of projects aimed at harnessing information and communication technologies (ICTs) for socio-economic development in Africa are inevitably affected by the state of basic infrastructure. This explains the mixed results of ICT adoption as emerging evaluative research indicates. However, through recurrent practices, users of ICTs in many places have devised […]
2007 • Africa • ICT4D • infrastructure • Nigeria • unintended consequencesIndigenous Peoples’ Rights Database
The project on the promotion of indigenous peoples’ rights through promotion of the principles of the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (No. 169) and promotion of the implementation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights is a three year (2006 – 2008) research initiative […]
Africa • database • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • researchHello Africa (documentary)
Hello Africa from UZI FILM on Vimeo. Documentary about mobile phone culture in Africa. All material is published under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-NC-SA). More info at www.uzi.se and www.ict4d.at/helloafrica. Hello Africa is the title of a documentary that illustrates cellphone culture in Africa. It shows images of contemporary Africa […]
2010 • Africa • impact of | ICTs • mobileRural Internet Kiosk (RIK)
This short documentary features ICT development in Africa with emphasis on how the Rural Internet Kiosk (RIK) is changing the way rural Africa communicates. The Rural Internet Kiosk is 100% solar powered and is connected to the Internet via Satellite using Astra2Connect VSAT technology.
Africa • ICTs • internet • kiosk • ruralOur Side of the Divide: African Perspectives on Information and Communication Technologies
Introduction This booklet is part of a broad strategy called ‘Speaking for Ourselves’. It recognises, that while the African perspective on the digital divide is underrepresented in the context of the World Summit on the Information Society, the people most directly affected by the digital divide have the best ideas, […]
2003 • Africa • development • digital divide • impact of | ICTs • information society • WSISSpider Stories 2011: ICT4D experiences, knowledge, & lessons learned
A publication of the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER) Contents Mapping the network and its activities ICT4Democracy in East Africa Network SMS for human rights Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) Uncharted waters – ICTs in human rights Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) The journey […]
2011 • Africa • cultural heritage • development • human rights • ICT4D • ICTs • research • SPIDERHow to build an Indigenous Digital Library through Community Participation: the case of the Ulwazi Programme
Presented at the SCECSAL Conference in Nairobi, Kenya (June 4-8, 2012) Abstract African Libraries and Information Centres are poorly equipped to make a meaningful contribution to the current global digital knowledge economy. The paucity of African stories and community information on the web predicates the limited role of heritage and […]
2012 • Africa • culture | preservation • eThekwini • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • library database • mobile • participatoryICTS for Intercultural Dialogue: An Overview of UNESCO’s Indigenous Communication Project
Abstract Using ICTs to preserve and revitalize Indigenous cultures and to promote intercultural dialogue is the aim of UNESCO’s ICT4ID Project. Five pilot projects were conducted in 2004-2005 in Africa and South America to train Indigenous people in ICTs, support production of local content and assist in its distribution. Three […]
2006 • Africa • asset management • challenges • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • representation • revitalization • South America • UNESCOCultural Imperialism & Pedagogical Possibilities Emerging from Youth Encounters w/ Internet in Africa
Abstract Many academic and popular writers have warned that the internet could be another form of cultural imperialism used by corporate-led western powers to force feed western values and worldviews to the rest of the world, similar to how Western education was imposed on Africa after colonisation. These ongoing arguments […]
2008 • Africa • colonization / colonialism • education • ICTs • pedagogy • western values • youthA New Visualization Approach to Re-Contextualize Indigenous Knowledge in Rural Africa
Abstract Current views of sustainable development recognize the importance of accepting the Indigenous Knowledge (IK) of rural people. However, there is an increasing technological gap between Elder IK holders and the younger generation and a persistent incompatibility between IK and the values, logics and literacies embedded, and supported by ICT. […]
2011 • 3D • Africa • design • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • knowledge systems • Namibia • visualization