Full coverage: Africa

29.06.2005 With a vision to provide management and integration of global information on genetic resources and crop improvement for any crop, the International Crop Information system (ICIS) initiative was started.

28.06.2005 Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Ltd (UWEAL) is training the uneducated women to market their products worldwide on the internet.

28.06.2005 The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its partners as a part
of Society Outreach and Communication Programme have announced the
2005 AISI Media Awards.

27.06.2005 UNESCO this week installed the first of the new community multimedia centres it is establishing in Mali as part of a scale-up initiative also involving Mozambique and Senegal

26.06.2005 The Global Forum event was not only the first event for GeSCI to
co-host but it also signified the next stage in GeSCI's work in two of our priority countries.

24.06.2005 The conference will bring together people with extensive practical experience in Participatory GIS (PGIS) and community mapping in Developing Countries and First Nations.

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22.06.2005 Who are the winners and losers in the ICT revolution? What are the likely consequences of the slow development of ICT infrastructure in many developing countries?

22.06.2005 The importance of gender issues in agricultural development is now well-recognised. Similarly, uses for new information and communication technologies (ICTs) for agriculturalists have begun to attract significant interest.

22.06.2005 The World Summit Award national contest in Nigeria, also known as the Nigerian eContent Awards , has been officially launched in Lagos.

22.06.2005 Blindness in Ethiopia results from a wide range of natural and man-made factors, and is also linked to underdevelopment and armed conflict.

22.06.2005 By sharing your IT skills to build capacity in developing countries of Africa, Asia you can also develop your management skills.

21.06.2005 Six finalists have been chosen from a field of 135 nominations for the Development Gateway Award 2005.

17.06.2005 Poor electricity supply ranks highest among the problems facing stakeholders in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) thus retards penetration.

17.06.2005 A South African network services and computing solutions developer has been appointed support and distribution partner for NoMachine's NX server and business software solutions.

17.06.2005 Jambo Office, the Swahili version of the Open Office, offers common office applications including word processing, spreadshheet and presentation.

16.06.2005 Two community multimedia centres in Uganda supported by UNESCO won the best dramatic program and the best participatory programming on the UNICEF Children's Broadcasting Day Awards which had attracted entries from a number of both commercial and community radios.

14.06.2005 In an effort to address insurmountable educational challenges and in order to give Namibia the edge on the global information technology arena, the Ministry of Education has unveiled its Information and Communication Technology Policy.

14.06.2005 The Namibian Government has released the ICT Policy for Education and Training Sector recently.

14.06.2005 SANGONeT will host a Thetha forum on 29 June 2005 to provide South African civil society organisations (CSOs) with an opportunity to reflect on the focus and objectives of WSIS and related processes.