E-Government in Africa - Promise and Practice

E-Government has already arrived in Africa, though it is essentially an imported concept based on imported designs. There are growing numbers of e-government projects, some of which are contributing to public sector reform and delivering gains of efficiency and or effectiveness across a broad agenda. However, this positive picture must be set alongside significant challenges. E-Government is only slowly diffusing within Africa because of a lack of e-readiness for e-government that can be charted along six dimensions. There is widespread recognition that this challenge must be met by strategic building of national infrastructure.