Research Catalog

Title

Rowing upstream : snapshots of pioneers of the information age in Africa / edited by Lisbeth A. Levey and Stacey Young.

Publication

Johannesburg : Sharp Sharp Media, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Levey, Lisbeth A.
• Young, Stacey.

Description

xii, 126 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 30 cm. +

Subject

• Information technology > Africa
• Information technology > Social aspects > Africa
• Internet > Africa

Note

• "Developed by the Project for Information Access and Connectivity."
• "[Accompanying CD-ROM] contains the full book, links to the Web sites mentioned in the book, and video cameos from 'Using ICT in Unexpected Places'"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the World Wide Web.

Contents

ICT in Africa : a timeline -- Preface / Katharine K. Pearson and Gerry Salole -- Introduction : Rowing upstream : how foundations help people paddle / Alison Bernstein -- Networking for a purpose : African NGOs using ICT / Anriette Esterhuysen -- Using ICT in unexpected places : a photo essay / Lucy Oriang' -- African content on the web / Peter da Costa -- Is the glass half full or half empty? ICT in African universities / Lisbeth A. Levey -- ICT in Africa : the challenge to donors in a global information society / Nancy Hafkin and Kate Wild -- Rebooting : recommendations for the future / Rowing Upstream Advisory Committee -- Untold stories : the beginning of ICT in Africa / Fatma Alloo ... [et al.].

ISBN

• 0620289139 (pbk.)
• 9780620289139 (pbk.)

LCCN

2005464368

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library