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Follow up of WSIS outcomes
e-strategy development in Africa
1122 May 2010May 2010
Makane FayeMakane FayeOIC, eOIC, e--Applications Applications
Economic Commission for AfricaEconomic Commission for Africa
http://http://www.uneca.org/aisiwww.uneca.org/aisi
BackgroundBackground
ICTs continue to play an increasingly important role in both national and sub-regional levels
Increase in requests seeking the support of ECA to develop and fine tune e-strategies
Focus on promotion of use of ICT applications in governance, education, health, agriculture, finance, trade through implementation of WSIS Action Lines in the framework of the African Information Society Initiative (AISI)
AISI Focus AreasAISI Focus Areas Information Policy Development and
Implementation, especially at national level(National Information and Communication Infrastructure – NICI – Plans or e-strategies and sectoral strategies)
Information and Knowledge Development and Management
Promoting Partnership and Networking Outreach on Information Society
Development
Status of eStatus of e--strategy developmentstrategy development Publication of “Follow up of WSIS Action Lines
in Africa: Country Reports” 43 countries have an ICT policy, 4 countries are
in the process of developing an ICT policy; while only 6 have not initiated the ICT policy development process
80 per cent strongly agreed that ICTs are part of their national priorities
10 per cent agreed 10 per cent disagreed
Countries where the ICT policy development process has not been launched
Countries with an ICT policy
Countries in the process of developing an ICT policy
ICT Policy development in Africa (March 2010)
Algeria Benin Burkina Faso Botswana Burundi Cape Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Cote d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles South Africa Sierra Leone Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Angola Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon Togo
Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Guinea-Bissau Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Sao Tome and Principe Somalia
Copyright, UNECA, 2010
Focus on Focus on sectoralsectoral strategiesstrategies After a decade of policy development ECA
embarked on sectoral strategy development and implementation
Access to the majority of the population being one of the AISI goals, there was need to promote applications which are geared to availability of e-services including government and other basic services
Spatially enablement of sectoral strategies through GIS tools
Space enabled strategiesSpace enabled strategies Ensuring that spatial data, products and
services are available to better inform decision makers
Ensure that spatial data permeates every aspect of society and that they are available to people who need them, when they need them, and in a form that they can use to make decisions with minimal pre-processing
Setting up harmonized and coordinated regional data bases
List of current List of current sectoralsectoral strategiesstrategies1. e-government 2. e-education3. e-commerce 4. e-health5. e-agriculture6. e-Services for Rural development
Countries supported during the yearCountries supported during the year1. Cameroon2. Congo3. Cote d’Ivoire4. Benin5. Burkina Faso6. Ethiopia7. Kenya8. Mali9. Niger10. Nigeria11. Rwanda12. Sierra Leone13. Swaziland 14. The Gambia
Innovative Innovative programmesprogrammes and projects (1)and projects (1) Launch of the African Learning initiative,
which is both an onsite and an online learning system (www.uneca.org/elearnafrica)
Establishment of the Electronic Rural Schools in African Languages (ERELA) Initiative for Cameroon to develop a computer-based linguistic model for local languages
Development at The Addis Ababa University of applications using mobile technology to provide increased access to health services. As a result, an input method for hand-held devices was developed using the Amharic script as well as an online payment system
Innovative Innovative programmesprogrammes and projects (2)and projects (2) A Mobile Health and Demographic Data
Reporting and Communication System (MHeDReCS) was developed in the “ButajiraRural Health Program”, to collect both quantitative and qualitative data using SMS. This system facilitates the reporting of demographic and health related data instantly for better decision making process.
A spatially enabled Health data base was developed for the Ministry of Health to make visible all health centres in the country for easy access by the population and to facilitate decision making for policymakers.
Implementing Action Line 7: eImplementing Action Line 7: e--GovernmentGovernment
Survey on WSIS outcomes implementation 80 per cent of respondents indicated that they have e-
government strategies in place 70 per cent of the respondents indicated that their
countries participate in international cooperation initiatives in the field of e-government
Most countries indicated that there is widespread availability of Internet connectivity in Government ministries, agencies and departments, as well as a growing web presence.
Only few countries provide public services online. DESA’s E-Government Readiness Index shows that
Africa is way below the world average To correct this situation, ECA has started providing
support to countries in developing e-government strategies and promoting e-services activites
The Technology in The Technology in Government Awards in Africa (TIGA) Government Awards in Africa (TIGA)
http://http://www.uneca.org/tigawww.uneca.org/tiga
PartnersPartners Organisers: ECA, the Canadian ePolicy Resource
Centre (CePRC) and the Government of Finland Sponsors of the 2007/2009 TIGA Awards: OSISA,
Governments of Italy, Ethiopian Airlines, Microsoft, Nokia-Siemens Network, Alcatel-Lucent, Jupiter Hotel, Harmony Hotel, Ethiopian Insurance Company, SABC and Africable
Objectives of TIGAObjectives of TIGA
To promote access to e-services To encourage the use of ICTs by African
governments in fulfilling their public service delivery obligations
To recognize outstanding work in developing ICT applications for service delivery by African governments as well as other stakeholders
TIGATIGA’’ss 5 Categories5 Categories1. Public service delivery to citizens/communities –2. Improved health services through the use of ICTs
–3. Improved educational services through the use of
ICTs4. Public Public Private Partnership (PPP) in
economic and financial eServices delivery 5. The judges’ awards
TIGA 2008 WinnersTIGA 2008 Winners Fez government project (eFez Project), Morocco Projecto Portal do Governo (Government Portal Project),
Angola RWANDA TRACnet, Rwanda Automation of Secondary School Placement and Online Exam
Result Delivery, Kenya Egyptian Education Initiative, Egypt ORBUS, Solution de facilitation électronique du commerce au
Sénégal Electrogaz SMS Utility Payment System, Rwanda Classe Rurale En Langues Nationales, Burkina Faso Court Administration Reform, Ethiopia Instant Money Transfer (IMT) Service, Ghana Projet des Démarches Administratives, Senegal
TIGA 2009 WinnersTIGA 2009 Winners CATEGORY 1: Identity Document Transformation Project, Department of
Home Affairs, South Africa Connecting Communities - Kitsong Centres, Department of
Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Botswana
Woreda Net, Ethiopian ICT Development Agency, Ethiopia• CATEGORY 2: Telemedicine Pilot Project, National Space Research &
Development Agency (NASRDA), Nigeria Women Healthcare Mobile Unit Project, Ministry of
communication and information technology, Egypt Implementation of data management system for the
national centre of pharmacovigilance in Tunisia, PRAGMACOM, Tunisia
TIGA 2009 Winners, TIGA 2009 Winners, ctdctd CATEGORY 3:
E-applications -Secondary school certificate, Educational Information Centre – Ministry of Education, Sudan
Distance Learning Portal, National Commission of Information Technologies, Angola
• CATEGORY 4: • On-line Trade procedures: Secured Transportation,
Corporation Tunisia Trade Net, Tunisia Chams Partnership with Osun State Government on
Implementation of Enterprise Government e-Portal, Nigeria• Category 5:
Mozambique Government Portal, Mozambique On-line information services for users and collaborative portail
for professionals, Ministry of Helath, Mali Kaduna State Staff Audit & Pensioners Verification and Benue
State Staff Audit, Supercard Ltd., Nigeria Inscription universitaire à distance, Ministère de
l'Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche Scientifique et de la Technologie, Tunisia
