Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa

In 1997, IDRC launched its Acacia initiative in an effort to empower African communities with the ability to apply new information and communication technologies, or ICTs, to their own social and economic development. Now, 7 years later, the Acacia initiative presents this unique and groundbreaking three-volume collection of original research on this important and timely issue. This volume documents the processes used, and institutions created, to bring computers and connectivity into schools, as a means of enhancing the use and integration of ICTs in teaching and learning. Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa. Volume 3 Networking Institutions of Learning – SchoolNet. Edited by Tina James, Published September 2004 ; 294 pages; tables, illustrations. ISBN 2-86978-117-2 (CODESRIA) ISBN 1-55250-008-X (IDRC).