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 »

Africa: Summary of Address by President Alpha Oumar Konare to the ADF

Introduced to the Forum by Mr. K.Y Amoako, Executive Secretary of the ECA, and briefed on the previous day's activities and recommendations by H.E. Dr. James Jonah, Minister of… Read more »

Africa: Indicators for the information economy and their relevance to

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: The Response from Donors

The donor community present at the ADF showed a tremendous amount of good will and promised continued support for ICT related projects and programmes, based on various discussions… Read more »

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: Findings of the Gender Focus Group

Objective: Gender is one of the ADF's cross cutting issues. A group of participants have been holding focus group sessions in a bid to ensure that the issue of gender is… 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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Knowledge Is 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 In The 21st Century

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 »

Africa: African Development Forum '99's Program

The goal of ADF '99 is to develop and support African initiatives that are fundamental to shaping the African information age. It is the culmination of three years of activities to… Read more »

Africa: African Development Forum - List Of Available Documents

E/ECA/ADF99/1 African Country Profiles: National Information and Communication Infrastructure (English and French) Read more »

Africa: African Development Forum October 24-28

Some of the most vibrant and innovative applications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for development will occupy centre stage as more than 600 experts from… Read more »

Africa: NO HEADLINE

12-13 October - Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting on 'Qualitative & Quantity Data for Policy Analysis'. Focal Division: Economic and Social Policy Division (ESPD). Contact: Ms.… Read more »

South Africa: The African Development Forum - Dialogue for the African Renaissance

The following is an address delivered by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA, in Pretoria on October 11, 1999 on the occasion of the inauguration of the African Renaissance… Read more »