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<pre>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
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<h1><small><small><small>News > Access <br>
</small></small></small></h1>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21860ne_1&x=34577"
class="Tit3">Zambia: Celtel to connect Mbala, Mpulungu and Mwembeshi</a>
<img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">24/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.post.co.zm">The
Zambia Post</a>) -- </span>
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. <span
class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21860ne_1&x=34513"
class="Tit3">Ghana Telecom expands services in Upper East Region</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">22/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.ghanaweb.com">Ghanaweb</a>)
-- </span>
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. <span
class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21860ne_1&x=34319"
class="Tit3">Uganda Telecom targets rural areas for growth</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">21/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.monitor.co.ug">The
Monitor</a>) -- </span>
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. <span class="countries"></span><span
class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21860ne_1&x=34298"
class="Tit3">Thuraya,UEA based satellite operator, launches telephone
commercial service in Ethiopia</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">20/06/2005 (<a
href="http://www.ena.gov.et/default.asp?CatId=2&NewsId=175074">ENA</a>)
-- </span>
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). <span class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span>
</p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21860ne_1&x=34321"
class="Tit3">Namibia: Community development centre opened by Minister</a>
<img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">20/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.newera.com.na">NewEra</a>)
-- </span>
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.<br>
<span class="themes"></span></p>
<h1><small><small><small>News > Telecommunications</small></small></small></h1>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21877ne_1&x=48183"
class="Tit3">Kenya: Government to retrench 12,000 as privatization
plans are pushed to April 2006</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">29/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.eastandard.net/">East
African Standard</a>) -- </span>
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.<span class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21877ne_1&x=48428"
class="Tit3">Nigeria: Slow fixed line growth worries experts</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">28/06/2005 (<a
href="http://www.businessdayonline.com/">BusinessDay Online</a>) -- </span>
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. <span class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21877ne_1&x=34579"
class="Tit3">Tanzania: Zantel to start operations on Tanzania Mainland</a>
<img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">27/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/">IPP
Media</a>) -- </span>
The Zanzibar Telecommunication Company Limited, (Zantel) launches its
operations on Tanzania Mainland next Thursday, the company Public
Relations Officer, Kassim Suleiman, has said. <span class="countries"></span><span
class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21877ne_1&x=34575"
class="Tit3">Zambia: MTN enters pact to acquire controlling stake in
Telecel (Z)</a> <img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org"
align="texttop" height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">23/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.post.co.zm">The
Zambia Post</a>) -- </span>
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. <span
class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21877ne_1&x=34372"
class="Tit3">Vodafone offers Kenya $100m for controlling stake in
Safaricom</a> <img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org"
align="texttop" height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">22/06/2005 (<a
href="http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/">East African</a>) -- </span>
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.<br>
</p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21870ne_1&x=34199"
class="Tit3">Zambia: Govt abandons plans to privatise ZAMTEL</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><span class="Txt2"><br>
19/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.post.co.zm/">The Zambia Post</a>) -- </span>
Zambia's Ministry of Transport and Communication permanent secretary
Bob Samakai has disclosed that government had abandoned plans to
privatise Zambia Communications Company (ZAMTEL).</p>
<p> </p>
<span class="themes"></span><b>News > E-Governance<big><big><big> </big></big></big></b>
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<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21865ne_1&x=48171"
class="Tit3">Regional states set to streamline e-government plan</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">28/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.eastandard.net/">East
African Standard</a>) -- </span>
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. <span class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span>
</p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21865ne_1&x=34167"
class="Tit3">e-government enables online efficiency in Mozambique</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">17/06/2005 (<a
href="http://www.ictworld.co.za/EditorialEdit.asp?EditorialID=23120">ICTWorld</a>)
-- </span>
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.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
<span class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span> </p>
<h1><small><small><small>News > Freedom of Expression</small></small></small></h1>
<img src="cid:part27.03070303.07040802@apc.org" height="10" width="1"><img
src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21866ne_1&x=33122"
class="Tit3">IFEX Members Urge African Union to Protect Free Expression</a>
<img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="12"><br>
</span><span class="Txt2">19/05/2005 (<a href="http://www.ifex.org">IFEX</a>)
-- </span>
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. <br>
<br>
<h1><small><small><small>News > Intellectual Property<br>
</small></small></small></h1>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21868ne_1&x=34448"
class="Tit3">WIPO Negotiators Tackle Proposals On Reform For
Development</a> <img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org"
align="texttop" height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">23/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.ip-watch.org/">IP
Watch</a>) -- </span>
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.<span class="countries"></span><span
class="themes"></span>
</p>
<p><span class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span> </p>
<h1><small><small><small>News > Laws and Regulation</small></small></small></h1>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21864ne_1&x=34323"
class="Tit3">South Africa: SMEs locked out of VOIP revolution</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"><br>
</span><span class="Txt2">20/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.itweb.co.za">ITWeb</a>)
-- </span>
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.<br>
</p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21870ne_1&x=34515"
class="Tit3">South Africa: Convergence Bill raises concerns</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">24/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.itweb.co.za/">ITWeb</a>)
-- </span>
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. <span
class="countries"></span><br>
<span class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><span class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span></p>
<h1><small><small><small>News > Media</small></small></small></h1>
<span class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span>
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<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21872ne_1&x=34459"
class="Tit3">African community radios go on line </a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">22/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.africa.amarc.org">AMARC
Africa</a>) -- </span>
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.<br>
</p>
<h1><small><small><small>News > National ICT Strategies</small></small></small></h1>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21873ne_1&x=34203"
class="Tit3">Namibia: ICT Alliance Launched</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"><br>
</span><span class="Txt2">19/06/2005 (<a
href="http://www.newera.com.na/">NewEra</a>) -- </span>
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. <br>
<br>
<span class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span>
<p> </p>
<span class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span>
<p> </p>
<p><span class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><span class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span></p>
<h1><small><small><small>News > Security and Privacy</small></small></small></h1>
<!-- view 715 begin (IR Africa Policy News) -->
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://www.techtimesnews.net/articles.asp?id=463" class="Tit3">Nigeria:
Federal Government Plans Central Database on Cybercrime</a> </span><span
class="Tit3"><img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org"
align="texttop" height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">28/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.techtimesnews.net/">Technology
Times</a>) -- </span>
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. <br>
<br>
</p>
<h1><small><small><small>News > Training and Education<br>
</small></small></small></h1>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21878ne_1&x=34517"
class="Tit3">Uganda: Illiterate women get computer training</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">24/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.newvision.co.ug">NewVision</a>)
-- </span>
Uneducated Women under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Ltd
(UWEAL), Kabale chapter, have started computer training to market their
products worldwide on the Internet. <span class="countries"></span><span
class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21878ne_1&x=34294"
class="Tit3">South Africa: Training authority adopts new strategy</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">20/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.itweb.co.za">ITWeb</a>)
-- </span>
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.<br>
<br>
</p>
<p><b>News> WSIS</b><br>
</p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=29740ne_1&x=34197"
class="Tit3">Nigeria to host ITU meeting and Civil Society Forum</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">19/06/2005 (<a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/">Vanguard</a>)
-- </span>
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. <span class="countries"></span><span
class="themes"></span><br>
<span class="countries"></span><span class="themes"></span> </p>
<p><br>
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<h1><small><small><small>Laws and Regulation<br>
</small></small></small></h1>
<div><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=64609"
class="Tit3">Regulatory Reform as a Tool for Bridging the Digital
Divide</a> <img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org"
align="texttop" height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">29/06/2005 -- </span> 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. <br>
<br>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=39657"
class="Tit3">Time to end advance phone licence fees </a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">27/06/2005 -- </span> 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. <br>
<h1><small><small><small>National ICT Strategies</small></small></small>
<br>
<span class="countries"></span></h1>
</div>
<div><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=64817"
class="Tit3">Role of Infrastructure in Economic Growth and Poverty
Reduction -- Lessons learned from PRSPs of 33 Countries</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">29/06/2005 -- </span> 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.<br>
<br>
<div><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21873ie_1&x=64815"
class="Tit3">Policies and Institutions for E-Commerce Readiness: What
can developing countries learn from OECD experience?</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">27/06/2005 -- </span> 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. <span class="countries"></span>
<div class="rellinks"><br>
</div>
</div>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21873ie_1&x=34370"
class="Tit3">Policy critical for technology growth </a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">21/06/2005 -- </span> 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.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Software</b><br>
<br>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21876ie_1&x=65860"
class="Tit3">Open to development: Open-Source software and economic
development</a> <img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org"
align="texttop" height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">25/06/2005 -- </span> 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. <br>
<br>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=21876ie_1&x=68262"
class="Tit3">Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">23/06/2005 -- </span> 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? <br>
<h1><small><small><small> Privacy and Security</small></small></small>
</h1>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=65740"
class="Tit3"> "Harmonizing National Legal Approaches on Cybercrime"</a>
<img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">29/06/2005 -- </span> 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.<br>
<br>
<div><img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=65407"
class="Tit3">A Comparative Analysis of Cybersecurity Initiatives
Worldwide</a> <img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org"
align="texttop" height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">29/06/2005 -- </span> 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.<br>
<div class="rellinks">
</div>
</div>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=65614"
class="Tit3">"A Comparative Analysis of Spam Laws: the Quest for Model
Law" </a> <img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org"
align="texttop" height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">28/06/2005 -- </span> 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. <br>
</div>
<div><br>
<br>
<h1><small><small><small>Internet Governance</small></small></small><br>
</h1>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=66446"
class="Tit3">Internet Governance - Issues, Actors & Divides</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">24/06/2005 -- </span> 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. <br>
<br>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=34212"
class="Tit3">ICANN President address to the Working Group on Internet
Governance (WGIG)</a> <img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org"
align="texttop" height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">20/06/2005 -- </span> 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. <br>
<br>
<h1><small><small><small>WSIS</small></small></small></h1>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=66139"
class="Tit3">From Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Public-Private Ones</a>
<img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">29/06/2005 -- </span> 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. <br>
<br>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=34572"
class="Tit3">WSIS as a case of information capitalism?</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">27/06/2005 -- </span> 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. <br>
<br>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=66141"
class="Tit3">Discussions on Implementation and Follow-Up After WSIS</a>
<img src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">27/06/2005 -- </span> 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. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<big>Resources</big><br>
<br>
<span class="countries"></span><br>
<img src="cid:part1.08090105.06090007@apc.org" align="texttop"
height="13" width="13"> <span class="Tit3"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ie_1&x=34189"
class="Tit3">Free Press: Beginner's Guide to Media Reform</a> <img
src="cid:part2.06010303.05000904@apc.org" align="texttop" height="13"
width="12"></span><br>
<span class="Txt2">19/06/2005 -- </span> 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?<br>
<span class="countries"></span>
<div class="rellinks"><span class="countries"></span><br>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<div class="rellinks"><span class="countries"></span>
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<p><span class="Txt2"><b>28/06/2005</b></span>, <span class="countries"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21843e_1">Kenya</a></span><br>
<a href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=31278">ICTe
AFRICA 1st Continental Exhibition, Conference and Media Event</a><br>
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). </p>
<p><span class="Txt2"><b>29/06/2005</b></span>, <span class="countries"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21817e_1">South
Africa</a></span><br>
<a href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=33943">Thetha
- World Summit on the Information Society, 29 June 2005</a><br>
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.
</p>
<p><span class="Txt2"><b>01/07/2005</b></span>, <span class="countries"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21849e_1">Uganda</a></span><br>
<a href="http://www.ugabytes.org/index_onlineconference.htm">Telecentre
Sustainability in Developing Countries (Jul 1-30 2005)</a><br>
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.
</p>
<p><span class="Txt2"><b>03/07/2005</b></span>, <span class="countries"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21833e_1">Nigeria</a></span><br>
<a href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=33449">Africa
Regional preparatory meeting for the World Telecommunication
development Conference (WTDC-06), Abuja (Nigeria), 3-7 July 2005</a><br>
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. </p>
<p><span class="Txt2"><b>11/07/2005</b></span>, <span class="countries"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s30084e_1">International</a></span><br>
<a href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=62738">ICANN
Meetings in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg</a><br>
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.
</p>
<p><span class="Txt2"><b>11/08/2005</b></span>, <span class="countries"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21848e_1">Tanzania</a></span><br>
<a href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=34214">World
Youth Development and ICT (WYDI 2005) Conference (Aug 11-12 2005)</a><br>
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.
</p>
<p><span class="Txt2"><b>22/08/2005</b></span>, <span class="countries"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21817e_1">South
Africa</a></span><br>
<a href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=34216">Building
Partnerships for the Information Society (Aug 22-27 2005)</a><br>
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. </p>
<p><span class="Txt2"><b>24/08/2005</b></span>, <span class="countries"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21817e_1">South
Africa</a></span><br>
<a href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=29325">Community
Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2005</a><br>
The Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2005 Conference is
open to receive research, policy and praxis based papers around the
major theme of ‘partnerships’.
</p>
<p><span class="Txt2"><b>31/08/2005</b></span>, <span class="countries"><a
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21811e_1">Botswana</a></span><br>
<a href="http://africa.rights.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=ee_1&x=31388">World
Information Technology Forum (Witfor) 2005</a><br>
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.
</p>
<p><br>
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<b><a href="http://www.azurdev.org/">AZUR Development</a></b><br>
<p> 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.<br>
</p>
<p><b><a href="http://www.ugabytes.org/welcome.html">UgaByTES initiative</a></b><br>
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.<br>
</p>
<p><b><a href="http://www.ungana-afrika.org/">Ungana-Afrika </a></b><br>
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.</p>
<p><b><a href="http://kictanet.or.ke/">The Kenya ICT Action Network
(KICTANet) </a></b><br>
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 .<br>
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The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international<br>
network of civil society organisations dedicated to empowering and<br>
supporting groups and individuals through the strategic use of<br>
information and communication technologies, especially internet-related<br>
technologies. APC and its members in more than 30 countries pioneer<br>
practical and relevant uses of ICTs for civil society. APC is an<br>
international facilitator of civil society's engagement with ICTs and<br>
related concerns, in both policy and practice.<br>
APC: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.apc.org">http://www.apc.org</a>.<br>
<br>
APC and ICT Policy Advocacy in Africa<br>
<br>
APC's Communications and Information Policy Programme aims to contribute<br>
to more enabling ICT policy environments through promoting inclusive<br>
policy processes. In Africa APC is doing this through the Africa ICT<br>
Policy Monitor project which aims to enable civil society organisations<br>
to engage in ICT policy development to promote an information society<br>
based on social justice and human rights.<br>
<br>
APC's Africa ICT Policy Monitor: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://africa.rights.apc.org">http://africa.rights.apc.org</a><br>
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International Research Development Centre (IDRC).<br>
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
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