[UgaBYTES] Thetha ICT Discussion Forums in Southern Africa

Thu Jul 30 11:18:56 GMT 2009

Hi Dean

I had been been invited to the Zimbabwe event, but however it was clashing
with a workshop out of town we were co-hosting.  I am meeting with a
colleague who attended the workshop and will shed more light on it to this
forum.  I do agree that the telecentre community should maintain an active
involvement in all this.

I am off to an ICT meeting with the Ministry where they want to see what
funding can be done in the area of ICTs.  I will be lobbying for training
and policy matters.  Both of these areas have implications for the
telecentres fraternity, and if what I suggest gets funding, it would be nice
to have one or two external participants from the neighbouring countries in
a stakeholders meeting on say education policy from the National ICT bill.
I keep my fingers crossed for such an event occurring from this planning
meeting.

Have a good day,
Justin. 

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[mailto:ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org] On Behalf Of Dean Mulozi
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Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] Thetha ICT Discussion Forums in Southern Africa

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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[mailto:ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org] On Behalf Of David Barnard
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 3:47 AM
To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
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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