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Africa: technology & the digital divide
(Opinions)
6-05-2008
by OLAJIDE JOHN ADEKEYE
The global development lesson for the survival of societies and nations of the future has been boldly written and documented within the development context of the 19th century. In the 21st century, the greatest challenge facing most African...
Bridging the Digital Divide
(Opinions)
18-09-2006
by Sunday Bitrus
The digital divide between the underserved areas of the world and the fully served areas of the world is a serious issue that calls for concern. Living in a community that is approximated to be lagging 500 years in terms of technological...
Bridging the Digital Divide Through Affordable Access to Relevant and Timely Information
(Opinions)
4-03-2008
by Henry Kimathi
A quiet revolution has taken place in the last half a century - the telematics revolution. For the last 40 years the cost of processing, storing, and transmitting information has been decreasing at the rate of 50% every 18 months (Delgado et al,...
DIGITAL DIVIDE
(Opinions)
8-03-2007
by Sean Amos
The main issue concerning access for young people to ICT is that of the digital divide. As long as this divide persists without being formally addressed by different interested parties, the issues and repercussions stemming from this divide will...
Digital Divide in Africa and the Challenges to Youth Development and the CLCWA
(Opinions)
20-11-2007
by Henry Ekwuruke
The African Youth Charter is convinced that Africa’s greatest resource is its youthful population and that through their active and full participation; Africans can surmount their difficulties that lie ahead.
The document also noted with great...
Digital Divide In Nepal
(Opinions)
18-01-2004
by Vibek Raj Maurya
Ever since the first computer came to Nepal 32 years ago—a second generation IBM 1401—it has been the computer’s language that has stymied progress. To be able to use a computer, the user must have more than a rudimentary grasp of the global...
Digital Divide: Technologies and the Youth Agenda
(Opinions)
10-10-2007
by erick ochieng otieno
A youth walks in to a television station and requests for media coverage for one of the events that he or she has organized. The response given, is a question about whether a prominent person is attending the event.
This is one of the,...
ICT and Digital Divide
(Opinions)
16-11-2007
by Sean Amos
The main issue concerning access for young people to ICT is that of the digital divide. As long as this divide persists without being formally addressed by different interested parties, the issues and repercussions stemming from this divide will...
Internet, Jóvenes y Participación
(Opinions)
5-04-2007
by Damian Profeta
Nota : Este artículo fue presentado originariamente como parte integrante del trabajo " Juventud y TICs: una relación con mucho futuro " realizado y publicado por el Portal de Juventud para América Latina y el Caribe en abril de 2007...
Practical Solutions for Narrowing the Digital Divide
(Opinions)
29-10-2003
by Raymond M. Kristiansen
It is a well-known fact that the information society has a huge potential as a large democratic tool for youth from all over the world. If you have access to a computer with an internet connection, you are far more able to not only gather...
The Digital Divide
(Opinions)
13-11-2007
by Joseph Raglione
Hi Kids! I've been on and off the WWW since 1995. Before we allowed Microsoft and Windows to cut into our fun, we were young computer Geeks who furtively used our local telephone systems to run our computer BBS programs free of charge. We paid...
Understanding the Digital Divide in Sub Saharan Africa
(Opinions)
18-11-2007
by DR PEDUS C EWEAMA
Credit for the popularisation of the phrase 'Digital Divide' could be duly given to Larry Irving, a former United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology adviser to the Clinton administration, who used the phrase in a series of...
Universal Primary Education and Computer Technology
(Opinions)
26-10-2003
by Wojciech Gryc
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are ambitious and strive to raise the quality of life for people around the world by improving their health, education, environment, and other factors. The goals are plentiful, and some deal with...
Youth and Technology
(Opinions)
9-07-2002
by yufanyi Akembom Bernard
The world of Today is growing very fast with the development of technology. In this prospect some parts of the world have remained completely out of this technology development due to the negligence of leaders and to a greater point the educated...
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