[UgaBYTES] Thetha ICT Discussion Forums in Southern Africa

Fri Jul 31 08:16:47 GMT 2009

Dear Justin

Thank you for your interest in the Regional Thetha Forum process.

The Zimbabwe event was held on 21 July 2009 in Harare, followed by the 
Mozambique event on 30 July 2009 in Maputo.

For a short overview of the Zimbabwe event, please refer to 
http://www.ngopulse.org/blogs/zimbabwe-thetha-forum-highlights-key-ict-issues.

We hope to compile a similar report on the Mozambique event in the next 
few days.

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

For ongoing updates about the Thetha project, including copies of the 
country research reports, refer to http://www.thetha.org.

Regards

David

Justin Mupinda wrote:
> 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. 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org
> [mailto:ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org] On Behalf Of Dean Mulozi
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:15 AM
> To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> 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
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>
> --- 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org
> [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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