Information further enables entrepreneurs to seek and meet business investment through research. A website for instance is a window onto the international market promoting innovation. With the many resources such as kiva.org, ICT can assist to uplift the standard of life in particular for rural populations. ICT in education provides the promise of change Many institutions in Africa are using mobile phones to keep in touch with students. In developing World ICT is driving a wave of innovation, teaching hard-to-reach groups. In SA for instance, Nokia has partnered with the Mxit platform to give grade ten learners access to 10 500 mathematics exercises via their handset. In Ghana, instructions are being sent via mobile phones to communities on how to maintain solar-powered water purification units. Mobile handsets of which the continent has one for every three people come in – handy as a solution. It removes activities such as bribery; collecting money for marks, strikes or civil unrest. Online courses run by foreign universities also mitigating the brain drain of top-level students leaving Africa. ICT offers flexibility that allows you to combine work and study. In Senegal, government spends 40% of its budget on education and still 5 000 students cannot enroll at University because of lack of space every year. E-Learning can increase the number of people in education. The summit further deliberated on how ICT can compliment decentralization process in particular enhancing service delivery. A presentation from the Directorate of Decentralization Coordination outlined intention of decentralization and the plan of action to realize the ultimate objectives. The local and regional Councils will assume greater responsibility and autonomy in providing basic services to the people and thereby bringing governance closer to the people. In creating greater harmony of efforts, the Summit looked at ways of harmonizing efforts to ensure less duplication of efforts and optimal resource allocation. The summit looked at India’s rich experience in rolling out ICT tools to rural communities. The presentation by Kaggare Suresh representing the Indian High Commission inspired the participants as they enviously heard of a success story in ICT deployment in rural areas. The amount of people ICT tools in India is exceptionally high which might attest to the level of integration of ICT in nation of 1.1 billion citizens. There are;
Information further enables entrepreneurs to seek and meet business investment through research. A website for instance is a window onto the international market promoting innovation. With the many resources such as kiva.org, ICT can assist to uplift the standard of life in particular for rural populations. ICT in education provides the promise of change Many institutions in Africa are using mobile phones to keep in touch with students. In developing World ICT is driving a wave of innovation, teaching hard-to-reach groups. In SA for instance, Nokia has partnered with the Mxit platform to give grade ten learners access to 10 500 mathematics exercises via their handset. In Ghana, instructions are being sent via mobile phones to communities on how to maintain solar-powered water purification units. Mobile handsets of which the continent has one for every three people – come in handy as a solution. It removes activities such as bribery; collecting money for marks, strikes or civil unrest. Online courses run by foreign universities also mitigating the brain drain of top-level students leaving Africa. ICT offers flexibility that allows you to combine work and study. In Senegal, government spends 40% of its budget on education and still 5 000 students cannot enroll at University because of lack of space every year. E-Learning can increase the number of people in education. The summit further deliberated on how ICT can compliment decentralization process in particular enhancing service delivery. A presentation from the Directorate of Decentralization Coordination outlined intention of decentralization and the plan of action to realize the ultimate objectives. The local and regional Councils will assume greater responsibility and autonomy in providing basic services to the people and thereby bringing governance closer to the people. In creating greater harmony of efforts, the Summit looked at ways of harmonizing efforts to ensure less duplication of efforts and optimal resource allocation. The summit looked at India’s rich experience in rolling out ICT tools to rural communities. The presentation by Kaggare Suresh representing the Indian High Commission inspired the participants as they enviously heard of a success story in ICT deployment in rural areas. The amount of people ICT tools in India is exceptionally high which might attest to the level of integration of ICT in nation of 1.1 billion citizens. There are;
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