When I read descriptions of programs such as Dumisani leads and such a detailed
description of his view of problems and solutions, I'm encouraged by the
creativity and the passion of so many people whom I meet via this
discussion and
many others. However, I'm also fearful that most people won't
Another perspective on Richard Heeks' comments on the "digital divide" is that
its replication on ever more local scales make the now routine references to
the global North-South "digital divide" less and less meaningful. Of course
there are real and important differences, but their complexity can
Re the Mozambique floods, last year we produced a quick website that
got hundreds of thousands of visitors. Among others we published
the bank account details of the Mozambique Red Cross. This year we
have had some constraints, but hopefully by tomorrow something will
be online from us, including
As pointed out, thinking of the divide merely as digital is thinking
too narrowly. In thinking about information-related divides, we need
to think about:
1. Data Resources: relevant data to be available in the first place.
2. Economic Resources: the money, the skills, and the technology
in orde
This is my first post to this distinguished group (GKD), so
I apologize if I am repeating some of the opinions
expressed before. However, my main objective is to respond
and brain storm about some of the recent posts and to
represent the facts from the Nile Basin region mainly
(containing 5 of the
Dear Participants
I have just read the contribution by Dumisani Nyoni from Zimbabwe .. and
earlier I read a message from Meddie from a UNESCO funded project in Uganda.
The issue of sustainability is absolutely fundamental to socioeconomic
progress and is inextricably linked with the con
