South Africa and ICTs for development
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Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- Meeting consumer demand for m-commerce in developing countries: cases from Philippines and South Africa
- N. Wishart / infoDev, 2006
- This Paper summarises the first phase of an ongoing investigation into the application of mobile-enabled commerce (m-Commerce) in developing markets, through examining cases from the Philippines and South Africa. It aims to identify t...
- Mobile phones as catalysts for financial service innovations in South Africa
- G Ivatury; M Pickens / Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 2006
- The study provides several insights from one of the first major initiatives dedicated to offering m-banking services to the poor- WIZZIT. It shows that m-banking services are valued by poor people in South Africa and are more affordab...
- Sending messages to save lives: TB and mobile technology in South Africa
- J Hüsler / kiwanja.net, 2005
- This evaluation looks at a project led by On Cue, a small company based in Cape Town, which sends Short Message Service (SMS) messages to patients, reminding them to take their TB medication at pre-determined times. The compliance ser...
- The potential of mobile phones in improving global health
- The Economist, 2009
- This special report on health care and technology, published by The Economist, describes how developing countries are using mobile phones to provides personalised medicine. Drawing from experiences of various countries, the authors de...
- Reviewing the policy context for research publication in South Africa
- E. Gray / Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, 2007
- Publishing scholarly output in Africa is hindered by a lack of resources, arising from unwillingness on the part of both government and higher education institutions to fund research publication – or even to regard scholarly pub...
- Understanding the interaction between ICTs and local governance in Africa
- G Misuraca / International Development Research Centre, 2007
- This book presents the context, theory and current thinking on the interaction betweeen ICTs and local governance, particularly in Africa. It discusses the shift from ‘government’ to ‘e-governance,’ describes t...
- The effect of increased education on employment for Kenyan women
- Rosemary Atieno; Francis Teal / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Creation of wage jobs has not kept up with rapid growth in the workforce in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, since the 1990s employment has become dominated by the informal sector, particularly for women. How has this affected the gender...
- The digital divide: a review of ICTs in Africa, Asia and Latin America
- R. Bissio; W. Curry; A. Esterhuysen / Global Information Society Watch, 2007
- The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report - the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels and particularly how policy im...
- Gender equality in higher education in low-income countries
- Louise Morley / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Research into gender equality in higher education in low-income countries has shown some astonishing patterns. These include wide-scale sexual harassment and gender violence, barriers to access, and women staff being excluded from pro...
- A practical guide for policymakers on accrediting distance education programmes
- W.R. Kilfoil / Commonwealth of Learning, 2007
- What are the benefits of and best practices in accrediting distance institutions and programmes? This guide provides a brief overview for policymakers on how to effectively provide accreditation for distance education. It d...
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