Tuesday, November 15, 2005

iConnect Collected 2005

iConnect Collected 2005

At the ongoing World Summit on Information Society www.wsis.org, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) www.uneca.org and International Institute for Communication and Development www.iicd.org with partial support from Building Communication Opportunities (BCO) initiative launched Iconnect Collected 2005.
Originally published on the website www.iconnect-online.org, the articles gathered in iConnect Collected were written by journalists in six African countries namely Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambiaas part of the iConnect Series. The articles document ICT4D experiences in three sectors: education, livelihoods, and governance.

Speaking at the launch, Ms. Aida Opoku-Mensah is the ICT Team Leader, Development Information Services Division at UNECA said " Iconnect Collected 2005 celebrates the work of African Journalists in contributing to current global discourse on ICT by telling stories on the impact and use of ICT for development in their respective countries".
The 60-page iConnect Collected booklet is available online. Printed copies are available upon request

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