lundi 6 avril 2009

ICT in Africa - an inspiration for Caribbean ?

Dear Caribbean Friends,

I have the feeling that ICT practices and projects in Africa could be an inspiration and a dialogue for the region. Do not believe figures and your pré-jugé ! most of the technologies are implemented in the continent and a lot of ICT for Human Development projects are created there. Inovation and social concern. Just watch UBUNTU elaborate in South Africa.

The african Development Bank just decided to finance for 25 Million of USD new satellite for the continent.

Here is an example of interesting project (bilingual). This is a competition of blogs of journalist in West Africa to promote democraty.

Remise des prix du concours « Waxal Blogging Africa Awards »
Le 9 mars 2009, l’Institut Panos Afrique de l’Ouest (IPAO), en collaboration avec Highway Africa et Global Voices Online, a organisé la remise des prix du « Waxal Blogging Africa Awards » concours destiné à promouvoir, en Afrique, le développement des blogs par les journalistes et les organisations de la société civile.

IPAO: http://www.panos-ao.org/

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