Project Leader: William H. Currie

  Project Details

Project Objectives:

·        to conduct research that will identify obstacles to universal affordable access to broadband ICT infrastructure in a number of countries and sub-regions in Central, East and West Africa and to develop two sub-regional ICT policy advocacy networks that will disseminate research and undertake advocacy on ICTD and access to infrastructure at the sub-regional level, in order to create a sound platform for sub-regional connectivity in Central, East and West Africa that will provide a platform for the effective use of ICTs in development processes.

·        to support research projects on access to ICT infrastructure and ICTD;

·        to disseminate and discuss research findings based on the situation on the ground and link them with ongoing initiatives (both own and other research);

·        to explore ways of using research findings to inform policy advocacy initiatives;

·        to link research findings with advocacy using a gender lens and gender evaluation methodology; and to undertake policy advocacy initiatives at the sub-regional level and to support policy initiatives at the national level.    

June 2008 - CICEWA Workshop 2008-06