Number 9: Information and Communication Technologies

Contents:

• Introduction

• Authors

• Overview: Opportunities and Challenges of the Internet in Africa by Théophile Vittin

• Electronic Communication: A Chance to Seize by Women in Francophone Africa  by Marie-Hélène Mottin-Sylla  

• Using ICTs to Enhance the Capacity of Human Rights Organizations in Southern Africa by Firoze Manji, Murtaza Jaffer and Emmanuel Njenga Njuguna

• Relevant and Accessible Electronic Information Networking in Africa by Ruth Ochieng and Jenny Radloff  

• Development of the Internet in Benin by Théophile Vittin  

• Human-Centred Approach to Development: Use of Video as a Tool for Participatory Rural Appraisal in Malawi by Angela Zamaere

• The Telematics for African Development Consortium and Social Development in South Africa by Neil Butcher, Bob Day and Nebo Legoabe

• Women’sNet: Information Technology to Empower Women in South Africa by Lydia Levin  

• The Role of Information and Information Technology in Poverty Alleviation in Zambia: How NGOCC Can Benefit From Internet by Wilstar Makondo Choongo  

• Annex I: Bamako 2000 Declaration  

• Annex II: 1999 African Development Forum Statement on NGOs in the Information Age

• Annex III: 1997 Dakar Declaration on the Internet and the African Media  

• Annex IV: Short Selection of Civil Society Websites in Africa

Voices from Africa no. 9