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		<title>Rigorous rulings breathe life into paralysed sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Alison Gillwald, director of the Research ICT Africa (RIA!) network, in her article published in South Africa&#8217;s Business Day, reports on the significance and implications of the most recent ruling by the Pretoria High Court denying the Communications Minister&#8217;s application for an urgent interdict to prevent South Africa regulatory authority (ICASA) from issuing certain licences.
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		<title>Appeal plunges telecoms sector back into limbo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Alison Gillwald, director of the Research ICT Africa (RIA!) network, in her article published in Business Day observes &#8220;the significance of the communications ministry’s decision to appeal against a recent high court ruling setting aside certain prohibitions in the telecommunications sector and the upholding of the automatic conversion of rights into the new licensing regime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIA! Policy Brief &#8211; ICT Access and Usage in Ghana</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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The Research ICT Africa (RIA!) August 2008 Policy Brief is based on the preliminary analysis of the Individual and Household ICT Survey undertaken by the network.
The policy brief provides a snapshot of ICT development in Ghana, which has not been robust despite the country having been amongst the early reformers of the African ICT sector. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIRNE &#8211; IDRC Meeting, June 2008, Ottawa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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On 23 June in Ottawa, Canada, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies (LIRNE.NET) network held a meeting with researchers from the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI), LIRNEasia, the LINK Centre and Research ICT Africa (RIA!), Comunica, and from the LIRNE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIA! South Africa Policy Brief</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/06/ria-south-africa-policy-brief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For World Telecommunications Day, Research ICT Africa! (RIA!) released a South Africa Policy Brief based on the preliminary findings of RIA&#8217;s 2008 nationally representative household survey on e-access and usage. The brief details covers issues mitigating access and cost, and summarises findings in a number of figures; and concludes with a set of specific recommendations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIA! Telecom Policy &amp; Regulatory Research Roundtable</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research ICT Africa! (RIA!) will host a roundtable discussion with African policy makers and regulators on the results of a series of research projects known as Towards an African e-Index.  This project seeks to provide the data and analysis necessary to move the continent towards evidence based policy formulation in this sector.
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		<title>RIA! hosts Telecom Policy and Regulatory Research Roundtable</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ 11/05/2008; 11:30 to 16:00. ] [11 May 2008] Research ICT Africa! (RIA!) a network consisting of researchers across 18 countries will host a roundtable discussion with African policy makers and regulators on the results of a series of research projects known as Towards an African e-Index.  The project seeks to provide the data and analysis necessary to move the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIA! research workshop in Cairo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ 06/05/2008 to 10/05/2008. ] [6-10 May 2008] The Research ICT Africa network (RIA!) is holding a research workshop that will take place in Cairo, and will be hosted by the American University in Cairo. The first day of the five-day workshop will focus on the feedback of the Household Survey and the discussion of the findings in preparation for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Certificate in Telecomms Policy, Regulation and Management</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/04/certificate-in-telecom-policy-regulation-and-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Certificate in Telecommunications Policy, Regulation and Management is offered by the LINK Centre, School of Public   and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand. The course provides essential  background for understanding the regulatory and policy issues and challenges in the rapidly changing  telecommunications and broadcasting sector. Spread over three week-long sessions [...]]]></description>
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