[Kictanet] APC Africa-ICT-Policy Monitor e-Updates No.10

Thu Jun 30 11:47:34 EAT 2005

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Dear all,

Here is the latest issue of the APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor e-updates
No. 10, a selection of the latest content added to the Africa ICT Policy Monitor
Website chosen by our editors.

The content is categorised by theme and country to allow you to view
items in the following main sections of the website;

-          News
-          Information & Resources
-          Upcoming Events
- 	   Featured Organizations

Do send us your feedback, comments or news on ICT policy issues and we
will add to the Africa ICT Policy Monitor Website.

Kind Regards,

Editor
APC Africa Policy Monitor Website
http://africa.rights.apc.org/

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  News > Access

 Zambia: Celtel to connect Mbala, Mpulungu and Mwembeshi 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21860ne_1&x=34577>
24/06/2005 (The Zambia Post <http://www.post.co.zm>) -- Celtel Zambia 
will next week connect Mbala, Mpulungu and Mwembeshi to its network as 
part of its next roll out programme that would cost about K160 billion. 
This roll out programme will also lead to the addition of about 
twenty-eight new sites to the Celtel network coverage area throughout 
the country by the end of August this year.

 Ghana Telecom expands services in Upper East Region 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21860ne_1&x=34513>
22/06/2005 (Ghanaweb <http://www.ghanaweb.com>) -- Telephone landline 
service in some districts of the Upper East Region including the 
Bolgatanga Municipality, has witnessed a major boost in recent times, 
following the expansion of the networks in those areas.

 Uganda Telecom targets rural areas for growth 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21860ne_1&x=34319>
21/06/2005 (The Monitor <http://www.monitor.co.ug>) -- The heat in the 
telecommunication sector is high with players targeting virgin areas 
with new products. Bamuturaki Musinguzi conducted an interview on Uganda 
Telecom Marketing Manager, Mr Hans M.F. Paulsen on the latest 
developments in the industry.

 Thuraya,UEA based satellite operator, launches telephone commercial 
service in Ethiopia 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21860ne_1&x=34298>
20/06/2005 (ENA 
<http://www.ena.gov.et/default.asp?CatId=2&NewsId=175074>) -- Thuraya, 
the UEA based regional satellite operator, announced on Monday that it 
has launched a telephone commercial service in Ethiopia. The company has 
launched the service in Ethiopia in accordance with the contract 
agreement signed with the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC).

 Namibia: Community development centre opened by Minister 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21860ne_1&x=34321>
20/06/2005 (NewEra <http://www.newera.com.na>) -- The Minister of 
Information and Broadcasting officially opened a community development 
centre at Oshuungu in the Etayi Constituency of the Omusati Region on 
Saturday. The Kamanya Amupolo Community Centre is named after the Senior 
Headman of Oshuungu.

  News > Telecommunications

 Kenya: Government to retrench 12,000 as privatization plans are pushed 
to April 2006 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21877ne_1&x=48183>
29/06/2005 (East African Standard <http://www.eastandard.net/>) -- The 
Kenyan Government will spend Sh10 billion to retrench 12,000 (more than 
50%) Telkom Kenya employees. The announcement came even as Information 
and Communication Permanent Secretary James Rege said the restructuring 
report by PKF Consulting, an international audit firm was ready and that 
the corporation's privatisation strategy has been pushed to April next 
year.

 Nigeria: Slow fixed line growth worries experts 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21877ne_1&x=48428>
28/06/2005 (BusinessDay Online <http://www.businessdayonline.com/>) -- 
The crawling progress of the fixed telephone networks in the country, is 
becoming a source of worry to telecom experts and stakeholders. Growth 
in the fixed line networks has become stunted, since the introduction of 
digital mobile phones in the country in 2002. Experts worry that the 
pre-occupation of government, investors and indeed, consumers with GSM 
phones appears to be killing the fixed line sub-sector.

 Tanzania: Zantel to start operations on Tanzania Mainland 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21877ne_1&x=34579>
27/06/2005 (IPP Media <http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/>) -- The Zanzibar 
Telecommunication Company Limited, (Zantel) launches its operations on 
Tanzania Mainland next Thursday, the company Public Relations Officer, 
Kassim Suleiman, has said.

 Zambia: MTN enters pact to acquire controlling stake in Telecel (Z) 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21877ne_1&x=34575>
23/06/2005 (The Zambia Post <http://www.post.co.zm>) -- The MTN Group 
has now entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in 
Telecel Zambia, subject to regulatory and competition approval from the 
relevant authorities in Zambia.

 Vodafone offers Kenya $100m for controlling stake in Safaricom 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21877ne_1&x=34372>
22/06/2005 (East African <http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/>) -- 
Vodafone, the giant British mobile phone company, could soon take a 
controlling share of Safaricom - the largest cellular phone company in 
East Africa. The takeover if it happens, such a development carries 
implications for competition.

 Zambia: Govt abandons plans to privatise ZAMTEL 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21870ne_1&x=34199>
19/06/2005 (The Zambia Post <http://www.post.co.zm/>) -- Zambia's 
Ministry of Transport and Communication permanent secretary Bob Samakai 
has disclosed that government had abandoned plans to privatise Zambia 
Communications Company (ZAMTEL).

*News > E-Governance *

 Regional states set to streamline e-government plan 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21865ne_1&x=48171>
28/06/2005 (East African Standard <http://www.eastandard.net/>) -- The 
East African Community member states of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania held 
discussions yesterday aimed at consolidating the region's e-government 
strategy that will streamline communication systems. The discussions 
were centred around minutes of an earlier meeting in Tanzania last year.

 e-government enables online efficiency in Mozambique 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21865ne_1&x=34167>
17/06/2005 (ICTWorld 
<http://www.ictworld.co.za/EditorialEdit.asp?EditorialID=23120>) -- The 
Government of Mozambique says that it has successfully implemented an 
e-government pilot project connecting 15 national public administration 
entities in Maputo. The initiative was funded through the Development 
Gateway Foundation's e-government grants programme, in partnership with 
the Government of Italy.

  News > Freedom of Expression

 IFEX Members Urge African Union to Protect Free Expression 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21866ne_1&x=33122>
19/05/2005 (IFEX <http://www.ifex.org>) -- Leading press freedom 
organisations, including IFEX members, have urged the African Union (AU) 
to adopt a continent-wide treaty to enshrine the right to freedom of 
expression, saying the intergovernmental body needs to formally 
recognise the role of the media in promoting good governance.

  News > Intellectual Property

 WIPO Negotiators Tackle Proposals On Reform For Development 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21868ne_1&x=34448>
23/06/2005 (IP Watch <http://www.ip-watch.org/>) -- Negotiators at a 
20-22 June meeting to discuss possible reform of the World Intellectual 
Property Organisation to better address developing country needs began 
on the second day tackling the details of various proposals put forth by 
member governments.

  News > Laws and Regulation

 South Africa: SMEs locked out of VOIP revolution 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21864ne_1&x=34323>
20/06/2005 (ITWeb <http://www.itweb.co.za>) -- At least 50% of South 
African companies have been excluded from the voice over Internet 
Protocol (VOIP) revolution because of the market structure, says Storm 
joint-CEO Tim Wyatt-Gunning. He was talking to ITWeb following the 
announcement that the Internet service provider has developed a VOIP 
product for companies that have a monthly phone bill of less than R3 500.

 South Africa: Convergence Bill raises concerns 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21870ne_1&x=34515>
24/06/2005 (ITWeb <http://www.itweb.co.za/>) -- Government's proposed 
Convergence Bill has been described as a positive step by an industry 
expert, although certain aspects of the process, as well as the Bill 
itself, are seen as problematic.

  News > Media

 African community radios go on line 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21872ne_1&x=34459>
22/06/2005 (AMARC Africa <http://www.africa.amarc.org>) -- Five African 
community radio stations have opened their Web portals to the world, and 
more will follow their lead as part of a project that seeks to 
strengthen radio broadcasting on the continent, the World Association of 
Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) in Africa announced today.

  News > National ICT Strategies

 Namibia: ICT Alliance Launched 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21873ne_1&x=34203>
19/06/2005 (NewEra <http://www.newera.com.na/>) -- Deputy Secretary to 
Cabinet Steve Katjiuanjo on Wed-nesday afternoon launched the ICT 
Alliance, a body that will address Namibia's Information and 
ommunications Technology. The launch took place in Windhoek.

  News > Security and Privacy

 Nigeria: Federal Government Plans Central Database on Cybercrime 
<http://www.techtimesnews.net/articles.asp?id=463>
28/06/2005 (Technology Times <http://www.techtimesnews.net/>) -- Lagos, 
Nigeria. June 28, 2005. The Nigerian law enforcement and intelligence 
community are to link into a proposed centralised information database 
in a major collaborative effort to tackle Internet and allied crimes in 
the country. This emanated out of a recent joint session where the law 
enforcement agencies highlighted initiatives underway by the Nigerian 
government to secure the information superhighway.

  News > Training and Education

 Uganda: Illiterate women get computer training 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21878ne_1&x=34517>
24/06/2005 (NewVision <http://www.newvision.co.ug>) -- Uneducated Women 
under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Ltd (UWEAL), Kabale 
chapter, have started computer training to market their products 
worldwide on the Internet.

 South Africa: Training authority adopts new strategy 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21878ne_1&x=34294>
20/06/2005 (ITWeb <http://www.itweb.co.za>) -- The ICT sector education 
training authority, ISETT SETA, admits there have been abuses of 
learnerships, but says a new strategy will solve these problems. "It is 
true we have had problems with workplace training in past learnership 
programmes, but we remain committed to delivering skills through 
learnerships and have adopted a new strategy that focuses on quality, 
not quantity," says ISETT SETA's CEO, Oupa Mopaki.

*News> WSIS*

 Nigeria to host ITU meeting and Civil Society Forum 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=29740ne_1&x=34197>
19/06/2005 (Vanguard <http://www.vanguardngr.com/>) -- Nigeria had been 
chosen by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to host the 
regional preparatory meeting to be held on July 3rd - 7th 2005, the 
Civil Society forum will discuss the role of the civil society among 
others in achieving the MDGs and also towards the next WSIS meeting in 
Tunis.

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  Laws and Regulation

 Regulatory Reform as a Tool for Bridging the Digital Divide 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=64609>
29/06/2005 -- This paper examines one narrow aspect of the digital 
divide, the effects of regulatory reform on telecommunication networks. 
While regulatory reform is only one part of the global digital divide 
problem,it can play a key role in helping telecommunication markets 
bridge some of the gaps on their own. It is therefore imperative that 
policy makers consider regulatory reform as a necessary but not 
sufficient step towards overcoming the digital divide.

 Time to end advance phone licence fees 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=39657>
27/06/2005 -- Growing competition in the telephone industry is 
characterised by targeted pricing of voice and data services. The level 
of competition depends upon the specific market conditions and the 
regulatory framework under which competition is introduced. The 
licensing framework should assist development of new and innovative 
services. However, regulatory and trade barriers in telecommunications 
constrain the diffusion of new services.

  National ICT Strategies 

 Role of Infrastructure in Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction -- 
Lessons learned from PRSPs of 33 Countries 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=64817>
29/06/2005 -- As Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are the 
driving force behind the overall development strategy of many developing 
countries, it is essential to consider the role of infrastructure in 
this important poverty reduction process. This document summarises the 
findings of a background research paper that analyses the role of 
infrastructure in the PRSPs of 33 countries that completed their report 
as of 1 December, 2003. The background paper offers a stocktaking of the 
contribution of infrastructure interventions to poverty reduction and 
pro-poor growth in each of these PRSPs.

 Policies and Institutions for E-Commerce Readiness: What can developing 
countries learn from OECD experience? 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21873ie_1&x=64815>
27/06/2005 -- As e-commerce spreads through both the developed and the 
developing worlds, research will be needed into the effects of this 
DIALECT on both private and public enterprise. This technical paper 
represents another product in taking up the challenge of serving as a 
bridge for the two-way flow of ideas between the OECD and the developing 
world. 

 Policy critical for technology growth 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21873ie_1&x=34370>
21/06/2005 -- Originally, it was billed 'the Bomas of ICT policy'. 
However, the Kenya National Information and Communication Technology 
Policy conference at the Coast last week was spared the acrimony which 
characterised Kenya's constitutional review process. Like Bomas, 
differing views from the participants challenged consensus building 
efforts. Everyone besides the Information and Communications ministry 
was there to make sure Government did not monopolise policy-making 
processes.

*Software*

 Open to development: Open-Source software and economic development 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21876ie_1&x=65860>
25/06/2005 -- This paper examines the role that open-source software can 
play in an economy and its development, with a focus on empirical 
evidence and economic logic. It argues that, while open-source can 
clearly be a viable part of a developed software industry, the available 
evidence does not support the position that open-source software can 
form the basis of an industry on its own, especially in nations where 
the technology sector is still embryonic.

 Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win? 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21876ie_1&x=68262>
23/06/2005 -- Want to get a heated debate going among technologists? Ask 
them this question: Can the open source software movement defeat (or 
severely cripple) Microsoft in the marketplace? With little academic 
attention focused on this question, Harvard Business School professors 
Pankaj Ghemawat and Ramon Casadesus-Masanell decided chose to explore 
the fundamental competitive dynamics question: Will OSS ever displace 
traditional software from its market leadership position?

   Privacy and Security 

  "Harmonizing National Legal Approaches on Cybercrime" 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=65740>
29/06/2005 -- This background paper deals mainly with harmonizing 
criminal enforcement mechanisms for a few reasons. First, all countries 
have criminal justice systems and not all countries have yet recognized 
private rights of property or of enforcement for cyberspace.

 A Comparative Analysis of Cybersecurity Initiatives Worldwide 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=65407>
29/06/2005 -- This paper investigates national cybersecurity initiatives 
in order to identify common themes and best practices, but especially 
problems and pitfalls for a global culture of cybersecurity.

 "A Comparative Analysis of Spam Laws: the Quest for Model Law" 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=65614>
28/06/2005 -- This paper focuses on the potential nature of the legal 
regulation of spam, specifically the importance of harmonizing 
regulations in the form of a model spam law. The authors recognize that 
the law is only one means towards this end and urge regulators to 
incorporate other modes of control into their efforts, including 
technical methods, market-based means, and norm-based modalities.

  Internet Governance

 Internet Governance - Issues, Actors & Divides 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=66446>
24/06/2005 -- Internet Governance is not a simple subject. Although it 
deals with a major symbol of the DIGITAL world, it cannot be handled 
with a digital - binary logic of true/false and good/bad. Instead, the 
subject's many subtleties and shades of meaning and perception require 
an ANALOG approach, covering a continuum of options and compromises.

 ICANN President address to the Working Group on Internet Governance 
(WGIG) <http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=34212>
20/06/2005 -- ICANN President, Paul Twommey addressed some of the issues 
that have been raised in relation to ICANN during the recently held 
meeting of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG). Some of the 
issues he addressed included,the relationship between the US Department 
of Commerce and ICANN, the role of governments, civil society and other 
stakeholders,the effects of ICANN's legal presence in the US and under 
California legislation and finally the role of governments in the 
management and redelegation of ccTLDs.

  WSIS

 From Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Public-Private Ones 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=66139>
29/06/2005 -- The WSIS Thematic Meeting announced on the ITU web site as 
"Government of Germany - International Policy Dialogue: 'Mainstreaming 
ICT for Development: the Key Role of the Private Sector'," drew about 50 
participants on 21 and 22 June. It departed decisively from the WSIS 
framework of multi-stakeholderism and focused on public-private 
partnerships (PPPs). Civil society participants were allowed to attend, 
but their interest in this two-day event seemed next to non-existent. 
They did not miss much, except good food and very interesting 
conversations during the breaks.

 WSIS as a case of information capitalism? 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=34572>
27/06/2005 -- A conference in Amsterdam last week (22 June 2005) brought 
together many info-activists and critical intellectuals for reflections 
on the "information for development" discourse. Themes of the 
"Incommunicado" event ranged from multi-stakeholderism at WSIS to the 
global political economy of information. It also was the largest 
gathering of people involved inside and outside the WSIS that provided a 
critical look at "the big picture". Timing was good, as discussions like 
this have been going on implicitly and informally for a while.

 Discussions on Implementation and Follow-Up After WSIS 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=66141>
27/06/2005 -- Discussions on how to proceed after the second WSIS summit 
in November are getting more urgent. There is a danger of this question 
to be lost due to the dominance of financing and internet governance 
negotiations in the second phase of WSIS. A recent meeting of the "Group 
of the Friends of the Chair" (GFC) in Geneva tried to bring some 
clarity, but a consensus is still far away. Meanwhile, civil society 
groups are lamenting the fact that they will be locked out of the next 
GFC meetings.

Resources

 Free Press: Beginner's Guide to Media Reform 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=34189>
19/06/2005 -- The Beginner's Guide presents an introductory look at 
media reform for people new to the issue. Why is the media system the 
way it is? Why is it important to the issues I care about? What's being 
done to fix it?

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*28/06/2005*, Kenya <http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21843e_1>
ICTe AFRICA 1st Continental Exhibition, Conference and Media Event 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=31278>
All Global roads lead to Nairobi, Kenya where ICTe AFRICA hosts the 
inaugural continental ICT fair in partnership with the African 
Telecommunication Union (ATU) and the Union of Radio and Television 
Organisation of Africa (URTNA).

*29/06/2005*, South Africa 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21817e_1>
Thetha - World Summit on the Information Society, 29 June 2005 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=33943>
SANGONeT will host a Thetha forum on 29 June 2005 to provide South 
African civil society organisations (CSOs) with an opportunity to 
reflect on the focus and objectives of WSIS and related processes. It 
will also provide a platform to discuss the position of the South 
African government and civil society in this regard. A similar meeting 
will be held in Cape Town during July 2005.

*01/07/2005*, Uganda 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21849e_1>
Telecentre Sustainability in Developing Countries (Jul 1-30 2005) 
<http://www.ugabytes.org/index_onlineconference.htm>
This online conference is designed to provide a platform to address 
issues of rural access to and use of information and communication 
technologies (ICTs) through telecentres, sustainability of these 
centres, and more. In addition, the conference shall document 
sustainability issues concerning; dimension, indicators, factors and 
constraints, approaches and models, and the role of networks in 
telecentre sustainability.

*03/07/2005*, Nigeria 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21833e_1>
Africa Regional preparatory meeting for the World Telecommunication 
development Conference (WTDC-06), Abuja (Nigeria), 3-7 July 2005 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=33449>
Africa Regional preparatory meeting for the World Telecommunication 
development Conference (WTDC-06), will be held in Abuja (Nigeria), 3-7 
July 2005. The objective of these meetings is to adopt appropriate 
development strategies at regional and subregional level.

*11/07/2005*, International 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s30084e_1>
ICANN Meetings in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=62738>
The next ICANN meeting will be held 11-15 July in Luxembourg City, 
Luxembourg. The meetings are free to attend, and open to any interested 
person. ICANN encourages broad participation in its bottom-up 
consensus-development process. You can take part in these meetings by 
attending in person, by taking part in the webcast and remote 
participation opportunities, and/or by joining one of the various 
ICANN-related mailing lists.

*11/08/2005*, Tanzania 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21848e_1>
World Youth Development and ICT (WYDI 2005) Conference (Aug 11-12 2005) 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=34214>
This conference is being organised with a theme of "Young People 
Creating Global Culture". The conference aims to bring together more 
than 250 young professionals, community leaders, non-governmental 
organisation (NGO) leaders, university students, information and 
communication technology (ICT) professionals, among others.

*22/08/2005*, South Africa 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21817e_1>
Building Partnerships for the Information Society (Aug 22-27 2005) 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=34216>
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology, with the support of the 
Cape Town City, the Centre for e-Innovation in the Provincial Government 
of the Western Cape and the South African Department of Communications, 
will be organising and hosting the "Information Society" event.

*24/08/2005*, South Africa 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21817e_1>
Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2005 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=29325>
The Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2005 Conference is 
open to receive research, policy and praxis based papers around the 
major theme of 'partnerships'.

*31/08/2005*, Botswana 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21811e_1>
World Information Technology Forum (Witfor) 2005 
<http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=31388>
The Government of the Republic of Botswana, in collaboration with the 
International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) will host the 
second World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) in Gaborone from 
August 31 to September 2, 2005. WITFOR is a state-of-the-art, high-level 
international forum, aimed at ICT policy-makers and practitioners.

//\//\//\//\//\//\// *FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS* //\//\//\//\//\//\/

*AZUR Development <http://www.azurdev.org/>*

AZUR Development is participating in the socio-cultural development of 
the Congo in particular and of Africa in general. As an apolitical 
non-profit organization, it is a site for sustainable development 
created for the love of work; a site of blooming and creativity for 
those who work there.

*UgaByTES initiative <http://www.ugabytes.org/welcome.html>*
UgaByTES initiative is Not-for-profit organization with a vision of 
promoting the integration of Information and Communication Technologies 
in the development plans of Uganda. As a catalytic none profit making 
organization, UgaBYTES Initiative is particularly skewed towards 
disadvantaged community groups as well as rural and remote areas.

*Ungana-Afrika <http://www.ungana-afrika.org/>*
Ungana-Afrika is a South Africa based non-profit organisation that 
provides technology support, and helps others initiate technology 
support programs, within the development community of Southern Africa. 
We believe that information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer 
new opportunities that can help development organisations do what they 
do better and more efficiently. Our objective is a community of 
non-profit organisations within Southern Africa that have access to the 
technology and know-how necessary to better accomplish their goals.

*The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) <http://kictanet.or.ke/>*
Faced with dramatic changes in policy development many organisations 
that had been involved in ICT policy advocacy, felt that there was a 
need to form an inter dependent network, which would increase the 
legitimacy and social capital needed to bring the key people to work 
together with government around the ICT policy formulation. The Kenya 
ICT Action Network (KICTANet) was created .

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ABOUT APC

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international
network of civil society organisations dedicated to empowering and
supporting groups and individuals through the strategic use of
information and communication technologies, especially internet-related
technologies. APC and its members in more than 30 countries pioneer
practical and relevant uses of ICTs for civil society. APC is an
international facilitator of civil society's engagement with ICTs and
related concerns, in both policy and practice.
APC: http://www.apc.org.

APC and ICT Policy Advocacy in Africa

APC's Communications and Information Policy Programme aims to contribute
to more enabling ICT policy environments through promoting inclusive
policy processes. In Africa APC is doing this through the Africa ICT
Policy Monitor project which aims to enable civil society organisations
to engage in ICT policy development to promote an information society
based on social justice and human rights.

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Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
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