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The countries below contain a historic archive of information on the state of the internet that is now three years old. For some countries, the information has remained largely the same whereas for others considerable change has occurred. However it can still be used to identify organisations involved in developing the internet and to understand the historic development of the Internet in Africa. For up-to-date (but "pay-for") information click here: There are special rates for students and universities.

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This is an area where you can download longer articles and reports of interest. These will be updated as new material becomes available.

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This IDRC-supported research study looks at how complaints by African consumers in the telecoms and Internet sectors are dealt with and what input consumer organisations are able to make into policy for these sectors. It is based on a survey of 30 African countries and includes detailed case studies of Kenya, Senegal and South Africa.

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This chapter from the ITU's Global Trends in Telecommunications Reform 2005 examines the market and regulatory implications of the shift to IP networks and outlines the different types of responses regulators are making to VoIP calling.

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Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop, Subbiah Arunachalam look at the use of Open Access archiving as a way of improving scientific capacity building.

If you have updates or interesting material to add, please send it to info@balancingact-africa.com

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INTERNET HITS AFRICAN WILDLIFE PIX SALES

News round-up & Snippets

On the money

Digital toolbox/In search of the business model

Africa's Digerati

Useful websites and discussion lists

Jobs, people, events...
 

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FURTHER SITES TO VISIT ABOUT GHANA

Some good web sites for Ghana were missed out of last week’s feature. The following government sites may be of interest:

Parliament of Ghana
www.parliament.gh

Ghana Customs Excise & Preventive Service CEPS
www.cepsghana.org

REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
www.ashantiregion-ghana.com

GHANA INVESTMENT PROMOTION CENTRE
www.gipc.org.gh

GHANA NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
http://www.gncic.org.gh/

There is a report on how NGOs are connecting to the internet:

"The State of the Internet for NGOs in Ghana"
http://www.intermundia.org/

For those interested in education:

PIE - PARTNERS IN INTERNET EDUCATION
http://members.nbci.com/pieghana/pieclc02.html

The sites of the main Ghanaian ISPs are as follows:

AFRICA ONLINE
http://www.africaonline.com.gh

NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEM-NCS
http://www.ghana.com

INTERNET GHANA
http://www.internetghana.com

IDN
http://www.idngh.com

AFRICA EXPRESS
http://www.africaexpress.com

AFRICANUS
http://www.africanus.net

WWWPLUS
http://www.wwwplus.com

The Internet Society of Ghana can be found at:
http://www.isoc.org.gh

The main Ghanaian newspaper and radio sites are:

GHANA MEDIA
http://www.ghanamedia.com/

GHANA NEWS AGENCY
http://www.gna.com.gh

GRAPHIC NEWSPAPER
http://www.graphic.com.gh

JOY FM
http://www.myjoyfm.com

The Ghanaian Stock Exchange can be found at:
www.gse.com.gh

Ghana’s main e-commerce sites are:
http://www.novica.com

Network Computer System
http://www.ghanamall.com.gh

ghanaclassifieds
http://www.bestbuysghana.com

Netafrique.com
http://www.epesewa.com

eShop Africa
http://www.eshopafrica.com

Ghana’s first search engine can found at:
www.ghanamoneyonline.com

The On the Line project can be searched at:
http://www.ontheline.org.uk/

EASYMATHS SITE AIMS TO HELP TEACHERS

This is a free South African Mathematics Community Website for teachers, parents and students with lessons, tests, exams, worksheets with answers, study skills and much more. It is an initiative by the Mathematics Web Association a newly formed non profit organisation http://www.easymaths.org

(source: Prodder)

GLOBAL SOFTWARE OUTSOURCING: ONLINE REPORT ON GOOD/BAD PRACTICE

A new online report on global software outsourcing is available at: http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/idpm_dp.htm#devinf_wp

The report, based on long-term research on a number of outsourcing relationships, develops a new model to explain good and bad practice in the development of such relationships. It provides guidance on best practice that will be of value to both practitioners and researchers.

(source: Dr Richard Heeks)

RECORD KEEPING AND CRIME CONTROL IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

How are poor record keeping and bad financial management connected? Is the one a symptom of the other? To what extent does accurate financial information prevent corruption and fraud? An International Records Management Trust study examined the link between record management and financial accountability in sub-Saharan Africa. How do different record keeping systems reflect government and donor agency strategies for financial control and accountability? Are they related to success in reducing economic crime? To receive this piece by email, send a message to the following email address:getweb@webinfo.ids.ac.uk

Leave the SUBJECT field BLANK, and copy the following text into the BODY of the message:
GET http://www.id21.org/society/S8aat1g1.html

(Anne Thurston, International Records Management Trust via TAD Newsletter)

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This page last updated on January 28 2004.

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