May 02, 2001
Africa: Ministers to Discuss African-Owned Framework for Development Partnership
African Ministers of Finance, Planning And Economic Development meet in Algiers next week to discuss a Single Africa led initiative to mediate partnership between Africa and its… Read more »
November 22, 2000
Africa: Amoako Proposes New Global Compact With Africa
"The UNCTAD Conference is being referred to as the 'New global deal for least developed countries'," said Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa… Read more »
November 18, 2000
Africa: Ministers To Review Positions On Globalization, Financing Development
More than 30 African Ministers of Finance and Trade, joined by Governors of Central Banks and leading economists and development experts, will meet at the headquarters of the… Read more »
November 19, 2000
Africa: Frank Dialogue Between Africa And The OECD
Finance ministers from several African countries meet Monday at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa with their Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development… Read more »
August 17, 2000
Africa: Sharing Knowledge to Enrich Research, Training And Policy Making
Some 35 experts from a wide cross-section of African research and capacity building institutions are to meet here tomorrow to launch the Africa Knowledge Networks Forum (AKNF). Read more »
June 06, 2000
Africa: Africa Fields Strong Presence At Beijing
- Five years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, some 10,000 representatives of governments, the United Nations system, intergovernmental and non- governmental… Read more »
April 11, 2000
Africa: Enhancing India-Africa Cooperation in the Information Age
The following is Full Text Of An Address Delivered By Mr. K.Y. Amoako, UN Under Secretary General And Executive Secretary Of The Economic Commission For Africa (Eca)On Tuesday 11… Read more »
October 29, 1999
Africa: ADF Summary - Feedback on Youth Focus Group
Chaired by Heba Ramzy of RITSEC, Egypt, the youth group identified a number of concerns they shared as the future working population and leaders in Africa. Acknowledging that ICTs… Read more »
October 28, 1999
Africa: Indicators for the information economy and their relevance to Africa
In this breakout group session, Heather Hudson from the Acacia Program, IDRC, Canada, and Peter Benjamin of the University of Witwatersland, made presentations. Read more »
Africa: Breakout sessions on Democratizing Access
A breakout session within the framework of democratizing access to the information age focused on community applications. Various models of community-based multipurpose centers… Read more »
Africa: Breakout sessions on Governance
The main objective of the sessions was to reexamine current issues facing African countries in adapting ICTs to enhance the process through which institutions, businesses and… Read more »
Africa: Workshop on introducing electronic commerce to small business
Mr. Jacques Rostenne of Perwit, Canada facilitated this workshop, stimulating participants with his challenge of finding practical ways to use the web to make money, beyond the… Read more »
Africa: ADF Ends With Concrete Initiatives On The Table
The following are concrete partnership initiatives that emerged in the course of the first African Development Forum, which ended today. Some 750 representatives of governments,… Read more »
Africa: Breakout sessions on Infrastructure
The sessions discussed policy and regulation, financing infrastructure development and capacity building and human resource development, Internet governance and new mechanisms for… Read more »
Africa: Breakout sessions on Information Economy
The sessions noted the need to discuss and debate what globalization can offer, and that Africans need to be part of the globalization process. The importance of analyzing policies… Read more »
October 27, 1999
Africa: ICTs and the Media
16:30 - 18:00 hrs Tuesday 26 October 1999 - Objective: A panel of experts examined how media integration with ICTs can promote a more diverse and pluralist media environment and… Read more »
Africa: ICTs for Improved Governance
Chair: Hisham El-Sharif, Chairman, RITSEC, Chairman, IT Investments Holdings, Egypt; Presenters: Bhavya Lal, Senior Policy Analyst, Abt Associates, USA; Salomao Manhica, Office of… Read more »
Africa: Strategies for Policy Research: A role for African Think Tanks
Chair: Joseph Abbey, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Analysis, Ghana; Panel: Shola Taylor, African Telecommunications Policy Think Tank, UK; Banji Oyeyinka, Nigerian… Read more »
October 26, 1999
Africa: DF Panel Summary - Globalization and the Information Economy
Chair: Mary Chinery-Hesse, Deputy Director General, International Labour Organization; Presenters: Catherine Nyaki Adera, UN University Institute for New Technologies; Derrick… Read more »
Africa: ADF Panel Summary - Strengthening Africa's Information Infrastructure
Chair: Hamadoun I. Toure, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU, Switzerland; Presenter: Michael Jensen, Independent Consultant; Panel: H.E. John Mahama, Minister of… Read more »
Africa: ADF Panel Summary - Democratizing Access to the Information Society
Chair: Shuller Habeenzu, Director, Zamnet, Zambia; Presenter: Aida Opoku-Mensah, Ford Foundation, Nigeria; Panel: H.E. Arnaldo Valenti Nhavato, Minister of Education, Mozambique;… Read more »
Africa: ADF Panel Summary - "Progress towards the African Information Age"
Chair: Zephirin Diabre, Associate Administrator, UNDP Presenter: Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane, Director, Development Information Services Division, ECA Panel: H.E. Justin Malewezi,… Read more »
October 25, 1999
Africa: Knowledge: The New Global Asset, The Very Premise Of Progress
Information and communication technologies are not a luxury, but rather a tool for economic and social development, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms. Louise… Read more »
Africa: Africa Needs A New Paradigm For Development
Speakers set the scene for the first African Development Forum by highlighting domestic private sector, science and technology, good governance and key requirements for a… Read more »
July 30, 1999
Africa: Debt Relief To Focus On Poverty
African stakeholders reach consensus on key areas for reforming the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. "Broader, deeper, faster debt relief will only be effective if… Read more »