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Major progress towards Millennium Development Goals, but the most vulnerable are left behind, UN report says

12. July 2011

Since they were first adopted, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have raised awareness and shaped a broad vision that remains the overarching framework for the development activities of the United Nations. At the September 2010 MDG Summit, world leaders put forward an ambitious action plan — a roadmap outlining what is needed to meet the [...]

A Toolkit on the Freedom of Information and Women’s Rights in Africa

9. March 2011

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“Freedom of Information and Women’s Rights in Africa” is a toolkit guide published by the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) with the support of UNESCO. The book provides guidance for women’s organizations in Africa on how to organize around freedom of information. It has compiled five case studies from five African countries, namely, [...]

Leadership celebration: Museveni’s rap, one of Uganda’s biggest exports

29. October 2010

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As I write this, I am listening to President Museveni’s now famous rap clip or is it song. I hardly understand what he is saying but music is a universal language. You don’t have to understand the words to enjoy the song otherwise the discotheques would be empty. The young revelers who flock these dancehalls [...]

Rich v. Poor Country ICT Statistics and Charts Online

18. October 2010

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Worldwide mobile, Internet and broadband data for 1998-2009 is now available online at: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/tag/ict4d-statistics/ Based on ITU data, this provides a compiled and cleaned-up spreadsheet of data; charts comparing technology penetration levels in countries grouped by income; ‘digital gap’ charts comparing richest vs. poorest countries; and ‘digital lag’ data showing how many years behind the [...]