Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Johannesburg, South Africa : Sharp Sharp Media, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Levey, Lisbeth A.
• Young, Stacey

Description

xii, 126 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 30 cm +

Subject

• Internet > Africa
• Information technology > Africa
• Computer networks > Africa
• Information superhighway > Africa
• Information networks > Africa
• Communication > Technological innovations > Africa
• Information superhighway
• Information networks
• Computer networks
• Information technology
• Internet
• Informationstechnik
• Technische Innovation
• Informatievoorziening
• Africa
• Afrika

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
• 9780620289139

LCCN

2005464368

OCLC

• ocm50739521
• 50739521
• SCSB-1442556

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library