International Conference on ICT for Africa

2008 Proceedings - Table of Contents

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ICT and Business      8

• Towards The Empowerment of SMEs in Developing Countries: The Collaborative Electronic Business Alternative         8
• Human Resource (HR) Issues in Building National Software Industry: Examples from Literature and Implications for the Nigerian Software         9
• Robust Estimation of ICT Effects on Cameroonian Firms’ Productivity   10
• Towards Digital Solution to Community Banking Problems in Nigeria     11
• Constraint Programming for Alignment Process in the Management of Information Systems: Algorithmic Perspective       12

ICT and Education     13

• Dentistry Students’ Perceptions of eLearning Tools       13
• Towards a Curriculum Adaptation Model for IS Undergraduate Education in Sub-Saharan Africa          14
• IT4U MAGAZINE, Educating Africa’s Youths in IT.    15
• Perceived and Realized Benefits in Adult Computing Literacy Programs and Its Impact on ICT Usage in Nigeria            16
• e-Development Future Scientific Evolution Learning from e-Learning History     17
• A Model of ICT in Learning of Technologies in Developing Countries: The Example of the Master in Telecommunications at the Yaoundé National Advanced School of Engineering, Cameroon       18
• Towards a Context-Specific Policy for the Adoption of ICTs in Secondary Schools: 
• The Case of Malawi    19

ICT in The Public Sector       21

• Diffusing Connected Government Applications in A Developing Country Context: The Case of Zimbabwe          21
• The IT Governance Maturity in the Public Sector Organizations in a Developing Country: The Case of Tanzania 22

ICT and Healthcare   24

• Do Home Blood Pressure Measurement and Telemanagement Improve The Efficiency of Arterial Hypertension Control in An Urban Black African Setting?          24
• Impact of A Telemedicine Program on The Management of Arterial Hypertension in A Cameroonian Semi Rural Setting - A Pilot Study        25
• Using ICT for HIV/AIDS Education on University Campuses in Cameroon: A Case Study of the NABU-Cameroon Initiative            26
• A Web Based GIS for Spatial Distribution of Hospitals in Nigeria          27

ICT, Internet and Society      28

• Comparing the Growths of the Internet and Mobile Phones across African Nations        28
• The Socio-Cultural Environment in ICT-enabled Research Communication: Case of Kenya        29
• ICTs and Disability: Towards an Inclusive Implementation in Africa        30
• ICTs and Radio and Television Broadcast Re-structuring in Cameroon and the Emerging Trends            31
• Addressing Malicious Insider Threats in Organizational Information Systems using Honeybaits    32

ICT for Development            33

• The Persistence of Rural Poverty in Cameroon: Urban Bias in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Development    33
• The Impact of ICT for Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa           34
• Build and They Will Come: Significant Factors in the Growth of Information and Communication Technologies in Nigeria            35
• Can Education through SMS Improve Farmers’ Economic Situation and Promote Sustainable Farming Practices?          36
• The Emperor is Indeed Naked: Changing Attitudes to ICTs and Development Among University Graduates in Nigeria.  37