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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780349903321

Titolo

The experience with community telecentres [[electronic resource] /] / ed. by Florence Ebam Etta and Sheila Parvyn-Wamahiu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, Ont. ; ; Dakar [Senegal], : International Development Research Centre

Dakar [Senegal], : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2003

ISBN

1-280-71770-X

9786610717705

1-55250-139-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Information and communication technologies for development in Africa ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

Ebam EttaFlorence

Disciplina

338.96/02

Soggetti

Information technology - Africa

Telecommunication - Africa

Telecommuting centers - Africa

Community development - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Executive summary; Chapter 1 Introduction: Joining the information society; Chapter 2 ICTs in Africa: The landscape for growing telecentres; Chapter 3 Timbuktu telecentre, Mali; Chapter 4 Telecentres in Mozambique; Chapter 5 Telecentres in Uganda; Chapter 6 Telecentres in South Africa; Chapter 7 Telecentres in Senegal; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography;

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines the setting, operations, and effects of community telecentres. It describes the telecentre experiences of a variety of local and often rural communities, exploring the management structures and mechanisms that have been established to support these telecentres. The book provides profiles of telecentre usage and discusses the potential and challenges of setting up and



maintaining community telecentres in the context of poor information infrastructure and limited human capacity.