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Workshop on Mobile Democracy in East Africa
Thursday, 09 February 2012 09:04

February 28, 2012, New Delhi, India 

The ICT4Democracy in East Africa Networkwhich brings together various partners in the region – among them CIPESA will hold a stakeholder workshop on mobile phone enabled democracy at the 3rd International Conference on Mobile Communication for Development(M4D2012). 

 
ICT for Democracy in East Africa: January 2012 News
Sunday, 22 January 2012 20:10

SMS for Human Rights

In addition to Lindi, Mwanza and Iringa regions, the Tanzanian Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) extended its field studies to gather user requirements to Dar es Salaam. With a clearer indication of what citizens want, the Commission has now started work toward the system requirements and features design of the mobile phone based Complaints Handling Management Information System.

 
Seacom Expands Into Mozambique

By Farzana Rasool, ITWeb journalist.

Seacom has signed a master services agreement with Telecomunicações de Moçambique to allow access to the largest and most distributed fibre-optic network in Mozambique.

The agreement with the telecommunications service provider will see Seacom customers also get access to a diverse route into Zimbabwe and additional border presence into Malawi and SA.

 
Launch of The Information Economy Report 2011 in Uganda
Monday, 14 November 2011 11:55

By Ashnah Kalemera

What role are Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) playing in enabling private sector development in developing countries? And what are countries in Africa and other developing regions doing to enable ICT play a greater catalysing role in national development? These were some of the questions discussed at the launch in Kampala of the Information Economy Report 2011, themed ‘Information and Communication Technologies as an Enabler for Private Sector Development (PSD)’. 

 
CIPESA Newsletter September 2011
Thursday, 03 November 2011 12:58

In this issue of the newsletter, read about concerns that Tanzanian authorities are growing intolerant of online activity deemed critical of the government; the link between ICT and open government; how social media could promote democracy; the challenges of accessing public information in Uganda; the ICT-for Democracy in East Africa project; and the Uganda national internet governance Forum. More

 
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