[UgaBYTES] ugabytes Digest, Vol 460, Issue 2
Ssanyu Nicholas
lafrida_ssan at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 8 05:50:35 GMT 2009
am grateful to Global Humanitarian Forum for her "Weather info for all" initiative. This is a great initiative very relevant for Africa especially this time when we are under threat of global warming effects. This initiative I hope will be able to save Africa. Its however my prayer that the aspect of global warming effects mitigation campaigns like tree planting, wetland preservation etc.
Ssanyu Nicholas
KyoseNet Kasese
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1. Re: AFRICA KOWLEDGE NETWORK launched in Dar es salaam
(Sandra Nassali)
2. Re: AFRICA KOWLEDGE NETWORK launched in Dar es salaam
(Polly Gaster)
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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:27:17 +0300
From: Sandra Nassali <snassali at ugabytes.org>
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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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> From: ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org [mailto:
> 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
>
> ?
> Paul BARERA, chairman (RTN, Rwanda)
>
> ?
> Aggrey Omondi ,Member(KENTEL,Kenya)
>
> ?
> Janet Achora, Member(WOUGNET, Uganda)
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> Paul BARERA
>
> --- En date de : Ven 26.6.09, Mwathi Francis <mfrancis at ugabytes.org> a
> ?crit :
>
> De: Mwathi Francis <mfrancis at ugabytes.org>
> Objet: [UgaBYTES] WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP- AFRICA (WEEK 26)
> ?: "ugabytes" <ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org>
> Date: Vendredi 26 Juin 2009, 9h29
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> Mobile Communications to Improve African Weather Monitoring Underway
>
> 24th June 2009
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
> Zambia: IT specialists in
>
> 26th June 2009
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
> ICT and Telecommunications Advantage to Cameroon's Economy
>
> 25th June 2009
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
> Zain, Western Union in cross-border money transfer deal
>
> 23rd June 2009
>
>
>
> 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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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:44:46 +0300
From: "Polly Gaster" <polly.gaster at uem.mz>
Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] AFRICA KOWLEDGE NETWORK launched in Dar es
salaam
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Dear Paul
This is interesting. I'm wondering if the Africa Knowledge Network has any
relation to the OPen Knowledge Network, a project that ran for several years
in countries such as Kenya, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Senegal... Or is it starting
again re-inventing the wheel? The OKN project did some interesting things, but
was not successful in some of its ambitions. I do think it wd be important for
you to at least be aware of what was done, what worked and what didn't, and
why, so the AKN can benefit from lessons learned. The Kenyan partner was ALIN,
are you in touch with them?
I wd also be interested in knowing more about the concrete AKN strategy and goals.
Polly
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