InnovateAfrica

Minister Venâncio Massinge visits Washington and emphasizes CMCs (27 of them for 21M people) as a drive for change. Also pointing  to entrepreneurship. Plenty of expectations

Nice post from Lnda Raftree on using ICTs in Uganda. She collaborates in a project with Plan International and Nokia. Read the rest of the blog for great stuff

Lists of blogs and think tanks ordered according to "Owen in Africa". Useful if you have time to spare

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These have plenty of evidence and case studies on issues related to industrial development and innovation in developing countries

Kentaro Toyama, from Microsoft India, reminds us in this blog of the myths around ICT4D. He cites  Tichenor et al., 1970: "Technology is multiplicative, not additive" For a summary refer to his powerpoint: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/toyama/talks/2009%2011%2019%20Ten%20Myths%20of%20ICTD%20-%20Toyama.ppt

The Centre for Educational Technology (CET) supports the use of educational technology for teaching and learning and works in partnership with the university community. The Centre for Educational Technology (CET) enables and promotes and investigates the integration of learning technologies in teaching and learning at the University of Cape Town and in higher education.

A Critique of Research Dissemination Policy in South Africa, with Recommendations for Policy Reform; funded by Open Society

Agenda with names of relevant actors in ICT and STI in Africa and MZ

Weekly news reports in English from the Angecia de Informaçao de Moçambique

Web portal working to advocate for pro-business policies, create networks and linkages across the business community, and share business best-practice across Africa

Focuses on social issues as elections and 2010 floods

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Blog from ICT4D research group at Manchester University