[UgaBYTES] AFRICA KOWLEDGE NETWORK launched in Dar es salaam

Tue Jul 7 06:27:17 GMT 2009

This indeed s a good initiative. Thanks for sharing it with us Paul.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Basheerhamad Shadrach <bshadrach at idrc.org.in
> wrote:

> Congratulations all on this key step towards realizing the African
> knowledge network.
>
> Cheers
> Shaddy
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> ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org] On Behalf Of pbarera at yahoo.fr
> Sent: July 6, 2009 10:56 PM
> To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> Subject: [UgaBYTES] AFRICA KOWLEDGE NETWORK launched in Dar es salaam
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> The AFRICA KNOWEDGE NETWORK was
> launched on 3rd July in Dar es Salaam/Tanzania. The Africa Knowledge
> Network is being implemented by United Nations in its five regional
> commission
> including Africa.
>
> The main goal of the project is to empower poor and
> disadvantaged communities through the transformation of existing ICT access
> points /Telecentre in selected countries around the world into knowledge
> hubs of global
> knowledge networks. It intends to increase the involvement and engagement
> of
> disadvantaged communities - with an emphasis on women - by encouraging and
> promoting the dissemination, in existing access points, of knowledge that
> pertains to key areas of sustainable development such as employment,
> education,
> gender and health.  Currently, at
> regional level the project involves Rwanda,
> Burundi, Tanzania,Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia with the plan of extending
> to other African countries in near future.
>
> As part of workshop agenda, participant agreed on knowledge network
> strategy, the process of knowledge generation,
> capturing, and dissemination through the regional knowledge portal and the
> action plans for the coming six months.
>
> Finally, a steering committee composed of
> 3 members from 3 different countries were elected on the board: These are
>
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> Paul BARERA, chairman  (RTN, Rwanda)
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> Aggrey Omondi ,Member(KENTEL,Kenya)
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> Janet Achora, Member(WOUGNET, Uganda)
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> Paul BARERA
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> --- En date de : Ven 26.6.09, Mwathi Francis <mfrancis at ugabytes.org> a
> écrit :
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> De: Mwathi Francis <mfrancis at ugabytes.org>
> Objet: [UgaBYTES] WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP- AFRICA (WEEK 26)
> À: "ugabytes" <ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org>
> Date: Vendredi 26 Juin 2009, 9h29
>
> Mobile Communications to Improve African Weather Monitoring Underway
>
> 24th June 2009
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> The Global Humanitarian Forum and its President, former UN
> Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, together with Ericsson, the World
> Meteorological Organization (WMO), mobile telecommunications company Zain,
> and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, have announced a major
> initiative, dubbed "Weather Info for All", to radically improve Africa's
> weather monitoring network in the face of the growing impact of climate
> change. A recent Global Humanitarian Forum report estimated that climate
> change is responsible for some 300,000 deaths each year and over USD100
> billion worth of economic losses, mainly because of shocks to health and
> agricultural productivity. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for close to a
> quarter of these losses, and is the region at the most immediate risk of
> droughts and floods. Agricultural yields in some areas are expected to fall
> by 50 percent as early as 2020.
>
> http://www.independentngonline.com/busi/itte/article03
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> Quiet launch of undersea cable heralds arrival of digital revolution
>
> 23rd June 2009
>
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>
> Save for the grandeur of the presidential entourage that graced the event,
> June 12 would probably have passed quietly just like any other ordinary
> Friday. Yet this was the day President Kibaki had flown to Mombasa to
> preside over the official launch of the fibre-optic undersea cable - a
> project whose completion is set to usher in a new era of faster and cheaper
> internet connectivity in the region.
>
> In Mombasa, the President aptly described the project as another landmark
> leap in the country's development history, comparing it only to the
> completion of the Kenya-Uganda railway line more than one century ago.
> "This
> comparison is not far-fetched because while the economies of the last
> century were driven by railway connections, the economies of today are
> largely driven by the internet and other ICT links," the President told a
> crowd in attendance to witness the launch of the East African Marine
> System's (TEAMS) fibre optic project.
>
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/614064/-/u9me6gz/-/
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> Techno hubs planned for Johannesburg townships
>
> 23rd June 2009
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> As part of its ambitious broadband project, the City of Johannesburg plans
> to set up techno hubs where people can access the internet and boost their
> technology skills.  According to Vumani Mangali, the assistant director of
> Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Joburg's Economic Development
> Department, the project will be a vital tool to transport citizens to
> digital fluency. Besides transforming the way the city delivers its
> services, broadband will also offer beneficiary programmes to its
> residents,
> reports Joburg.org.  "These programmes linked to broadband are meant to
> empower citizens. They will provide access to ICT infrastructure, ICT
> skills, business advice and job advisory support for disadvantaged
> communities," he said.
>
> http://www.buanews.gov.za/news/09/09062311251002
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> Zambia: IT specialists in
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> 26th June 2009
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> THE International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has sent a team of experts
> to Zambia to help the country to formulate a National Disaster Management
> Plan.
>
> Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka yesterday Communications Authority
> of
> Zambia (CAZ) acting chief executive officer, Richard Mwanza said the team
> had been sent to Zambia on a needs assessment exercise. Mr Mwanza said
> Zambia planned to incorporate Information and Communications Technologies
> (ICTs) in disaster management.
>
> http://www.times.co.zm/news/viewnews.cgi?category=6&id=1244787264
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> ICT and Telecommunications Advantage to Cameroon's Economy
>
> 25th June 2009
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> The adaptation of the country to ICT evolution has eased administration.
>
> The evolution in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and
> Telecommunications has left no country indifferent. Their contributions to
> growth have been remarkable. Efforts are being made on daily basis by
> administrators of different sectors to ensure that their domains do not lag
> behind in this new-found communication chain. These efforts seem to be
> paying off given the level of awareness in both government offices and in
> the private sector. Already, recruited workers are either sent on training
> within their areas of work or they enroll in the so many ICT and
> telecommunications schools dotted around the country.
>
> http://allafrica.com/stories/200906250323.html
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> Zain, Western Union in cross-border money transfer deal
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> 23rd June 2009
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> Mobile operator Zain Group and Western Union announced that they will work
> together to deliver mobile money transfer services in countries in Africa
> and the Middle East through Zain's new Zap platform. The Zap service
> provides Zain customers access to a range of transactional services from
> their mobile phones. Customers can interact with select bank accounts,
> top-up or transfer airtime, and move money to businesses, friends and
> family. The service allows customers to pay bills such as electricity, and
> can even be used to settle grocery bills in the supermarket. Zap has been
> operational in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda for several months, making mobile
> banking services available to more than 100 million people in East Africa.
>
> http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=677668
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