Projects in the Africa Region

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Benin
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e-Government
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ITU started working with the Ministry of
Communications to implement e-Government infrastructure aimed at
delivering e-Administration services to Benin citizens (2003).
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Burkina Faso |
e-Government |
ITU provided technical assistance for the
implementation of the National IP Network for the Administration in
Burkina Faso. This evolving network will eventually cover the whole
country. The objective of this project was to assist the Government of
Burkina Faso and the local administration in order to develop a cost
effective communication infrastructure by Integrating IP-based
applications and value-added services and taking into account advances
in technologies, the integration of data and voice for good governance
purposes. The partners are the Government of Burkina Faso and the UNDP.
The network design and the business plan phases were completed in 2003.
In order to validate the adopted technology strategy based on voice and
data integration and interoperability with existing information
technology systems in Burkina Faso, the Pilot phase has been implemented
and is now operational in Ouagadougou (2003). |
Cameroon
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e-Commerce
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A project to empower female entrepreneurs by using ICTs and e-applications at ASAFE (Association pour le Soutien et L'Appui a La Femme Entrepreneur) has helped to establish a platform for e-commerce applications, which is based on internet protocol. This project involved technical and financial assistance (in collaboration with the government of Japan) to 3,500 members of ASAFE, which represents several countries. The ITU-BDT worked with ASAFE to establish an IP-based platform for e-Commerce. The platform and training is run by ASAFE for its members and the business community, including preparation for international computer systems certificates such as the Microsoft Certified Professional, the CISCO Certified Network Academy and Comptia A+ for maintenance of PCs. The ITU-BDT assisted the association to undertake the feasibility study and provided training. The ITU-BDT also assisted ASAFE to register its domain name (2003).
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e-Government
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Project involving the implementation of e-Government infrastructure to
enhance government services to citizens, enable cost-efficient and
secure communication and exchange of government documents and provide
solutions for the electronic payment of government services by citizens.
Funded mostly by the European Commission, ITU and the Ministry of Posts
and Telecommunications of Cameroon, the implementation and coordination
of this project is carried out by the ITU. This project is now
operational (2002).
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e-Health
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ITU provided support in developing a pilot project for telemedicine
(2003).
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e-Strategies
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The project "National Strategy for the development of new ICTs" aims
to assist Cameroon in the elaboration of the national Information
and Communication Technologies (ICTs) policy and strategy in the
domains of e-applications, Internet, e-Security. Guidance and
recommendations were provided to the national team based national
priorities. This project contributes towards strengthening
Cameroon’s position in the Knowledge-based economy and Information
society. National ICT Policy and Strategy for Cameroon has been
finalised. This project has impact on the implementation of ICT
projects. This project was implemented in 2004.
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Congo (Democratic Republic) |
e-Strategies
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Project initiated to assess needs, define technical and financial
requirements and propose strategy for the implementation of e-Services
(2002).
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e-Strategies
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Project involving the strategy, implementation of Internet nodes and
development of new information and communication technologies
applications in the Republic of Congo. this included in identification
of needs for technical assistance within the general framework of
IP-based networks and implementation of Internet nodes, bases for the
convergence of multimedia networks in the Republic of Congo (2003).
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Ethiopia
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e-Health
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Together with the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), ITU established a
computer-training centre
called at the Adaptive Technology Centre for the Blind to assist the
blind and visually impaired to gain access to ICTs (2004). The computers
delivered are equipped with adaptive devices such as voice synthesizers,
magnifying hardware and software as well as Braille embossers, scanners
and printers.
Recognizing the importance of providing healthcare for the
inhabitants of the rural areas in Ethiopia, the Government of Ethiopia
launched a telemedicine project. The purpose of the pilot project was to
reach the medically underserved by efficiently utilizing clinical
specialist and public health professionals, who are concentrated in the
bigger cities using a Telemedicine system. The applications focused on
teleradiology and teledermatology Ten hospitals were connected to the
internet, to facilitate the project. Among the institutions were a
University medical faculty and medical college hospital.
With the support of ITU, experts were in Addis Ababa to train the
personnel on the use of the equipment donated by ITU. This equipment
included digital cameras, licensed Telemedicine software, medical
scanners a server (2007).
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Kenya
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e-Health
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In an effort to combat tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria in Kenya, ITU
assisted a Kenya Task Force on behalf of the Kenyan Government in
preparing an innovative mobile telemedicine project document proposal
for the Global Fund. The main objective of the project was to make
available medical facilities to remote and rural communities where there
is no easy accessibility, to detect tuberculosis in very early stage
before the infectious stage and to provide affordable access to timely
medical services (2005).
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Lesotho |
e-Health |
BDT provided support to followed-up with project documents on e-health
in Lesotho (2006).
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Mali |
e-Learning
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The project "Internet for Schools in Mali" aims to access the needs in
the technology, equipment and policy for the promotion of e-Learning
service in Mali. ITU-D in partnership with Swisscom started the
implementation of the IP project "Internet at school in Tombouctou"
in Mali in March 2003. The project is now operational (2003).
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e-Strategies
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Société des Télécommunications de Mali SOTELMA: infrastructure for
digital certification and e-Applications (2002).
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Mauritania |
e-Employment
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The project involved developing and implementating solutions to enable
the use of ICTs for business and facilitate employment for Union
Mauritanienne des Femmes Entrepreneurs et Commercantes (UMAFEC). This
involved the creation of a multiservice telecenter (web-search, e-mail,
telephone, fax etc.) for a community of women. ITU assisted in the
elaboration of e-legislation with the collaboration of UNCITRAL. The
purpose of the activity was to conduct consultations with government
officials in Mauritania on the preparation of legislation to establish a
general legal framework for electronic commerce in the country. ITU
requested the secretariat of UNCITRAL to review the draft bill and to
hold consultations with the responsible officials in Mauritania with a
view to developing further the draft bill. The project is operational.
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e-Health
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Under the Mauritania e-Health project, ITU will provided assistance to the Government of Mauritania in establishing a telemedicine unit that will extend access to high quality health care to remote areas, improve medical training capabilities for future specialists and increase capacities for medical data communication between networked practitioners. In addition, the project will allow the sharing of some medical equipment among remote sites.
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Morocco |
e-Commerce
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This project by the Secrétariat d'Etat des Postes et Technologies de l'Information aimed to formulate a technology strategy, provide training and project coordination for a national e-Commerce infrastructure, launched in February 2001. The project provided secure solutions to large and small businesses in the region at a cost of more than USD 2.5 million (2002).
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Mozambique
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e-Health
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BDT launched its first telemedicine pilot project in 1998 using the existing terrestrial and satellite infrastructure. This connection allows doctors at two central hospitals in the capital of Maputo and Mozambique’s second largest city of Beira to improve collaboration for teleconsulting and –radiology. The project partners included a telecommunication operator, a telemedicine equipment vendor, hospitals and ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau (Press release, 1998).
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Senegal
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e-Health
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A hospital telemedicine link was established enabling the transformation
of medical images, as well as patient data records and other medical
information to remotely located experts for the provision of
teleradiology, teledermatology and teleconsultation, which is obtainable
by better access to medical knowledge and expertise. Thanks to the pilot
telemedicine project in Senegal that links the University Hospital of
Dakar- Fann with the regional Hospital in Dioubel, medical images as
well as patient data records and other medical information is now
possible. Doctors are now able to receive documents and able to give
instant opinions on cases, these opinions can now be transmitted back by
fax, telephone or e-mail (2006).
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Seychelles
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e-Commerce
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The project, a request of the Vice-President of the Republic of
Seychelles, was initiated in 2003 involving the implementation of secure
electronic transactions infrastructure and e-services for the government
and business sectors, enhancing trade and facilitating the
establishment of business relationships between consumers and merchants,
mostly in the Tourism sector. ITU's assistance addressed the
requirements and strategies for implementing e-Commerce in an Island
State with a small population (80,000). As part of the mission,
ITU conducted an assessment and provided recommendations for the
Government's e-Commerce strategy (2003).
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South Africa
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e-Commerce
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ITU's first project on electronic commerce for developing countries (ECDC)
was launched in March 1998 in Malta, aimed at demonstrating the benefits
of appropriate e-commerce strategies and technology to South African
micro businesses. The results were demonstrated at Africa TELECOM 1998
and also at the ITU Pavilion at TELECOM Africa 2001. Successful and
expanding, it demonstrates how an e-Commerce strategy and appropriate
technology can create economic up-liftment for an African micro
business.
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Zambia |
e-Health
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The ITU sponsored a programme to develop a telecentre in Zambia in order to promote entrepreneurship among the local women. In addition to the other services that the telecentre will offer, ITU will provide an e- Health element to the services to the telecentre, in order to expand the marketing and revenue opportunities. Besides assisting the regulatory authority in defining a strategy on implementing e-signature platform based on Public Key Infrastructure, ITU offered assistance in elaborating a project document for the implementation of a telemedicine application in Zambia (2006).
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