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Ordering information To order copies of The African Information Society Initiative (AISI): A decade’s perspective by the Economic Commission for Africa, please contact: Publications Economic Commission for Africa P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251 11 544-9900 Fax: +251 11 551-4416 E-mail: ecainfo@uneca.org Web: www.uneca.org © Economic Commission for Africa, 2008 Addis Ababa Ethiopia All rights reserved First printing March 2008 Sales Number: E.08.II.K.2 ISBN: 978-92-1-125107-4 Material in this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted. Acknowledgement is requested, together with a copy of the publication. Edited, designed and printed by the ECA Publications and Conference Management Section (PCMS).
Table of Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations.......................................................................................................v Preface........................................................................................................................................ix Chapter 1: The Origins of AISI.................................................................................................. 1 1.1 The Pan African Development Information System................................................................. 1 1.2 Capacity Building for Electronic Communication in Africa.................................................... 3 1.3 The Creation of the African Information Society Initiative (AISI)........................................... 5 1.4 The AISI Vision....................................................................................................................... 8 1.5. AISI and progress in ICT development in the continent......................................................... 9 1.6 The African Development Forum, 1999 (ADF ’99)............................................................... 10 Chapter 2: National Information and Communication Infrastructure plans (NICIs).................. 13 2.1 Overview............................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 The NICI development process............................................................................................. 15 2.3 Status of NICI Process........................................................................................................... 16 2.4 Links to national, regional and global development goals...................................................... 19 2.5 Gender mainstreaming and NICI - Togo and Chad............................................................... 21 2.6 takeholders’ participation...................................................................................................... 22 Chapter 3: Development of Indicators for Benchmarking and Measuring the Information Society: The Scan-ICT Initiative.................................................................... 25 3.1 Background........................................................................................................................... 25 3.2 Scan-ICT Phase I.................................................................................................................. 26 3.3 Results from the first phase.................................................................................................... 27 3.4 Scan-ICT Phase II................................................................................................................. 31 3.5 Scan-ICT Phase II Methodology Framework (Toolkit).......................................................... 33 3.6 ICT Measurement: The International Dimension.................................................................. 35 Chapter 4: AISI and Regional Integration: Focus on UEMOA & ECOWAS............................ 39 4.1 Regional Information Society Strategies................................................................................. 39 4.2 Critical areas for sub-regional and regional co-operation........................................................ 41 4.3 Harmonization of the Legal Framework: Challenges within Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA) & Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)... 42 4.4 Towards a harmonized and favourable ICT legal framework in West Africa........................... 46 4.5 Rationale for selecting the ECOWAS-UEMOA area............................................................. 48 4.6 The Way Forward.................................................................................................................. 50 Chapter 5: Information, Knowledge-Management and Capacity Building: The Role of the Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA)................................................................... 51 5.1 Overview............................................................................................................................... 51 5.2 ITCA products and services................................................................................................... 52 iii
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Page 7 and 8: Acronyms and Abbreviations AAU Addi
Page 9: SAMTRAN Southern African Media Trai
Page 12 and 13: initiative (which included social i
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Page 16 and 17: • The world’s lowest resource a
Page 18 and 19: Box 2: Resolution 812 (XXXI): Imple
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Page 22 and 23: 1.6 The African Development Forum,
Page 25 and 26: A I S I Chapter 2 AISI and National
Page 27 and 28: On the action lines, the Plan of Ac
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Page 31 and 32: 2.4 Links to national, regional and
Page 33 and 34: The NICI policy was therefore set w
Page 35 and 36: Whilst governments have a leading r
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Page 43 and 44: The chart below (Fig. 12) shows the
Page 45 and 46: Scan-ICT II countries are expected
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countries organised sub-regionally
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Given this background, it is eviden
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• Marginalisation of Africa in th
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• Definition of offences in relat
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4.5.2 Harmonization and domestic la
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and standards of service delivery a
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5.2.2 On-site and On-line Learning
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the skills of the customs officers
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The training was comprised of lectu
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6.2 WSIS and stakeholders involveme
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technical coordinator, the ECA led
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Box 20: 3rd Phase: Innovation/imple
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quires access to the technologies n
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• PICTA Bulletin (http://www.unec
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Box 26: Mr. Mkpe Abang, IT & Teleco
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In the area of education, governmen
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Burundi, Kenya, Benin, Tanzania, To
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• Bamako 2002: African Civil Soci
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appropriate right risk balance and
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proposed action-laden recommendatio
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websites but they have been unable
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6.7.4 Reluctance of Governments to
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ety Framework” which define benef
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-- -- -- The development of a proto
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-- Development of an inter-universi
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• Reviewed available outcomes of
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up action: capacity building, incub
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pre-conference workshops were organ
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Preparation of the Action Plan was
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Development Cooperation (SDC), e-Po
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Nations system’s commitment to su
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joint administration of ePol-NET Af
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9.9 Partnership for Measuring ICTs
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objective being the improvement of
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instance, the emergence of new indu
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lack of expertise in policy analysi
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10.5 The African private sector The
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equired to participate meaningfully
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Security on the Internet is crucial
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Fig 27: The AISI Roadmap African Te
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