[UgaBYTES] Thetha ICT Discussion Forums in Southern Africa

[Dean Mulozi]

Hi Meddie, 
I have not come accross one attending the THETA meetings. It would be useful for us to participate in the forums. I will follow up the events and perhaps some of the collegaues from the telecenter community can attend the events. 
 
Thanking you for the information, 
 

 
Dean Mulozi, 
Lusaka, 
Zambia.

Mobile:                  260 978 034196


--- On Mon, 7/20/09, Meddie Mayanja <mmayanja at idrc.ca> wrote:


From: Meddie Mayanja <mmayanja at idrc.ca>
Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] Thetha ICT Discussion Forums in Southern Africa
To: "'ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org'" <ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org>
Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 9:00 AM



Hi all,

Is there anyone on the list attending Thetha meetings who can provide updates to the list? I know these are good meetings - having attended one. It would be great to have updates.

Best, Meddie


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Subject: [UgaBYTES] Thetha ICT Discussion Forums in Southern Africa

The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) will host Thetha ICT Discussion Forums in five Southern African countries over the next few months.

SANGONeT and E-Knowledge for Women in Southern Africa (EKOWISA) will host the Zimbabwe Thetha forum on 21 July 2009 in Harare, followed by the Mozambique event, hosted in conjunction with the Centro de Informatica da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (CIUEM), on 30 July 2009 in Maputo.

The Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana events will be held in September and October 2009.

SANGONeT first introduced Thetha ICT Discussion Forums in 2003 to assist South African civil society organisations (CSOs) in responding to various challenges and opportunities presented in their day-to-day work by information communication technologies (ICTs).

Thetha is a Nguni verb meaning talk, discuss, debate and share opinions/ideas.

Thetha forums provide an opportunity to both CSOs which are ICT-enabled, as well as those organisations which are considering introducing ICT solutions to their work, with an opportunity to discuss issues of common concern and learn from one another's experiences. Since March 2003, SANGONeT has organised more than 20 Thetha forums throughout South Africa.

With the assistance of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa
(OSISA) and the Embassy of Finland (South Africa), SANGONeT expanded the Thetha project to five Southern African countries (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland) in the period November 2005 - March 2007.

As of March 2008, SANGONeT has been expanding the Thetha project to Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

The new regional project includes a number of features which will ultimately result in more tangible outcomes compared to the first project. From discussing general ICT issues relevant to the CSO sectors in the countries covered during the first regional Thetha project, the new project focus specifically on key issues that will inform the regional "ICT for Development (ICT4D)" process in the next ten years. 
The objective is to develop a comprehensive understanding of regional ICT4D issues through in-country research processes, stakeholder consultations, discussions of these findings on a country level through Thetha forums, and comparing the respective country lessons and experiences to identify and assess common ICT trends and issues facing the Southern African region.

For more information about the Thetha project, research reports and country events, refer to http://www.thetha.org.


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