[UgaBYTES] Internet and energy in Zambia

[Dean Mulozi]

Thanks Felix and Shaddy. 

Regards, 


Dean Mulozi,   
ZAA-ICT/SATNET Regional Facilitator,   
Private Bag 195x Ridgeway,   
Lusaka,   
Zambia.

Contact Phone:   260 211 234 627 
Mobile:                  260 978 034196
 


--- On Mon, 9/15/08, FELICIAN NCHEYE <ncheyefb at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: FELICIAN NCHEYE <ncheyefb at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] Internet and energy in Zambia
> To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 11:14 PM
> Dear Dean,
>  
> Thank for sharing this important information
>  
> Ncheye
> 
> Manager
> Sengerema Multipurpose Community Telecentre
> P.O.BOX.399 Sengerema-Mwanza Tanzania
> E-mail:ncheyefb at yahoo.com
> Cell:+255 784 799630
> Tel: +255 28 2590146
> Web: www.Sengerema.or.tz
> 
> --- On Mon, 9/15/08, Dean Mulozi
> <deanmulozi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Dean Mulozi <deanmulozi at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] Internet and energy in Zambia
> To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 5:07 AM
> 
> Dear all, 
> Just wnated to send you a link on my publications on ICT
> and internet in
> Zambia. You may find the publication useful. The report was
> published in
> conjuction with IICD and Ebrain Forum of Zambia.  
> 
> The study, which was commissioned by IICD and conducted by
> Dean L. Mulozi of
> the Zambia Association for Advancement of Information and
> Communication
> Technology (ZAA-ICT), examines a whole range of issues
> linked to connectivity in
> rural and remote areas with a specific focus on Zambia.
> 
> Its main goal is to enable organisations engaged in rural
> development in Zambia
> to make informed decisions on issues relating to rural
> connectivity and
> obtaining access to the Internet. It also aims to demystify
> the technical issues
> associated with connectivity and Internet access which
> often confuse
> lay-persons. The report provides a general inventory of
> connectivity options and
> costs in Zambia and, as the lack of reliable sources of
> energy in rural areas
> often hampers connectivity in these areas, an additional
> section outlines the
> benefits and potential of alternative sources of energy
> such as solar power,
> wind, hydropower and bio-mass.
> 
> Find the report in the www.iicd.org in the following link: 
> http://www.iicd.org/publications/rural-access-to-the-internet-in-zambia-options-and-challenges/
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Dean Mulozi,   
> ZAA-ICT/SATNET Regional Facilitator,   
> Private Bag 195x Ridgeway,   
> Lusaka,   Zambia.
> 
> Contact Phone:   260 211 234 627 
> Mobile:                  260 978 034196
>  
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 9/14/08, Iyamuremye Betty
> <biyamuremye at ugabytes.org> wrote:
> 
> > From: Iyamuremye Betty
> <biyamuremye at ugabytes.org>
> > Subject: [UgaBYTES] Uganda government to launch Web
> portal
> > To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> > Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 11:40 PM
> > The government of Uganda will soon have a statewide
> Web
> > portal that will
> > consolidate the individual Web sites of various
> government
> > institutions.
> > 
> > "It will be a gateway to all government
> institutions,
> > a one-stop center for
> > all government information," Ambrose Ruyooka,
> > Uganda's acting commissioner
> > of IT, said in an interview.
> > 
> > The portal, which was commissioned by the Ministry of
> ICT,
> > will also
> > incorporate the government ministries, departments and
> > agencies that do not
> > maintain Web sites at this time.
> > 
> > As a means of sharing information, the portal will
> provide
> > links to all
> > government sites and will give way to e-government
> > services, Ruyooka
> > explained.
> > 
> > The Ministry of ICT has received a draft of the portal
> from
> > the developer,
> > Uganda Web Pages, and will seek comments from the
> general
> > public soon, he
> > said.
> > 
> > A team drawn from the ministry and the Uganda Media
> Centre
> > will provide and
> > manage content for the portal.
> > 
> > The new portal will take on the tasks of a private set
> up
> > by Uganda Web
> > Pages, which has become one of the country's main
> > online resources.
> > 
> > Critics of statewide government Web portals have
> argued
> > that the technology
> > is not sophisticated enough to meet the needs of
> multiple
> > agencies.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Betty Iyamuremye
> > Community Content Facilitator
> > UgaBYTES Initiative
> > Plot 2218 Ggaba Road
> > P.O. Box 6081 Kampala
> > Off: +256-414-370163 / 414-267427
> > Mob: +256-775-944990
> > Email: biyamuremye at ugabytes.org
> > web: http://www.ugabytes.org
> > 
> > 
> >
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