Africa has no shortage of aspiring entrepreneurs with brilliant ideas for digital solutions actively seek opportunities to start their own businesses, and contribute to the development of the continent’s economy and society. But there are significant barriers to developing and launching startup businesses in Africa: Disjointed ecosystems (distance & language barriers); Lack of sophistication of […]
Read moreIn this workshop we highlight some of our research around the study of social media use in enhancing open and deliberative democracy, particularly in developing countries, where traditional media is often restricted. As part of our mandate in the EU FP7 Media Conflict and Democratization (“MeCoDem”) project (http://mecodem.eu), we were asked to research the impact […]
Read moreI am very glad to take part in the first Nordic ICT4D fair on behalf of ACSIS. With more than 100 member organizations, ACSIS (www.acsis-scasi.org) is the unique pan African civil society organization, which aims to promote sustainable ICT4D for the benefit of African communities at a continental and national level. We have launched our […]
Read moreOver the past decade some ICT4D projects have registered success while others, for various reasons, have registered failure; there are many challenges involved in implementation of ICT4D projects and conducting research on such projects. Some of the challenges are related to methodology approaches for example how the research is carried out, how researchers associate with […]
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