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21.02.2008 The Sinazongwe District Development Committee in Southern Zambia has opened up an advocacy centre for its community. The advocacy centre based at Malima will provide services to over two thousand people from the area and will be used to access various ICTs.

20.08.2007 The seminar was a conclusion to the online discussion on policy implementation strategies that was conducted for two months from May to June, 2007. A report on the online discussion was done by the online moderator, Mr. Wamupu Noyoo and was circulated to invited participants prior to the seminar

20.07.2007 Many initiatives have been undertaken, mostly by civil society organisations, towards the bridging of the digital divide between the north and the south. The pressing concerns have been on the ability of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to improve the standards of living of the poor in societies.

07.11.2005 E-governance is a digitalisation of government service delivery mechanisms. This has its own advantages which include simplicity of service delivery, morality and integrity in the public sector as well as accountability, responsiveness and transparency in the discharge of public goods and services.

02.11.2005 The women of Kalomo district, some 400 kilometres South of Lusaka are influencing and transforming the face of the district, socially and economically with the help of new technologies. These women, under the Kalomo Bwacha Women ICT club, are using the only and first resource centre of women in the district to improve other womenÂ’s money livelihoods by using the internet.

02.11.2005 It's taken over two years for Zambia to issue an ICT policy document.

11.08.2005 OneWorld Africa (OWA) is working with Chipata District WomenÂ’s Development Association (DWDA) on a Chipata WomenÂ’s Mobile Communication Project, which aims to improve the communication of developmental information from the district to the area associations and to further connect the district office to several information sources.

09.03.2005 Celtel-Zambia has launched the provision of subsidised rural communities payphone services in partnership with PRONET and Computer connections.

07.01.2005 The privately-owned newspaper The Post in Zambia is taking significant steps to make technological advances. The most recent measure towards improvement is not only for the publication itself but for the entire nation. The latest stage in this major project launched two years ago, is to implement a nationwide Internet Service Provider (ISP) project.

07.01.2005 Brenda Zulu, a freelance Zambian journalist and OneWorld Africa (OWA) volunteer editor, specialising in reporting about Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has won the first prize of the Kalam Awards 2004 in the category of print press for an article titled "Tele-health set to boost maternal care".

17.11.2004 Zambia faces several socio-economic challenges but its community radios are helping people fight these problems better. Though the country has no clear legal definition, the stations are informing people and fostering development.

05.10.2004 UNESCOÂ’s WINISIS software is one of the most popular for storage and retrieval of information in Zambia. More than 500 librarians, records officers and IT managers in the country are using WINISIS after undergoing training.

08.06.2004 The International Institute of Communication and Development highlights some key problems schools in Zambia face in providing ICT services to its communities. The workshop discussions give a first hand account of the problems school authorities face in sustaining the services.

12.05.2004 In a letter to the Zambian ministry for communications and transport, APC has commended the Zambian government for its efforts in drafting a holistic national ICT policy and for disseminating the draft online to make it possible for the public to submit comments. "We value the broad definition of ICT adopted early in the document," says APC, but "Some important policy concerns are mentioned as action points for implementation without a clear enough policy position that would give direction during implementation. Some are left out altogether."

23.11.2003 Secondary schools in Zambia recently came together in an informal meeting to exchange share their difficult experiences in using the computers and other information and communication tools. They exchanged ideas on how to address the sustainability of computers and the Internet use in their schools and developed a set of strategies.

20.08.2003 eBrain is a Zambian platform for information sharing, networking and lobbying in the field of ICT for development. eBrain has a website and a quarterly newsletter and also organizes monthly offline meetings.

19.08.2003 Published August 19, 2003
By Maartje Op de Coul
eBrain is a Zambian platform for information sharing, networking and lobbying in the field of ICT for development. eBrain has a website and a quarterly newsletter and also organizes monthly offline meetings.
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02.08.2003 Published July 22, 2003
By Maartje Op de Coul
Afronet uses a website and e-mail for the dissemination of information and communication with their stakeholders. Internally they have PC's and access to e-mail and Internet to make their work more efficient.
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16.07.2003 Students in universities across Cameroon, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia now have easy and better access to the Internet. A joint effort by Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), UNDP and Cisco Networking has made this possible. Giving technical support and training in networking, Web design and office tools, the project aims at maximizing business opportunities for these communities.

10.07.2003 The lack of computerisation is severely affecting the Zambian immigration department's screening of incoming investors. Although the government's new policies allow for greater investment inflow, data compilation of investors is still done manually.