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.
For more information, contact RIA! Network Coordinator,
Beki Nkala: Beki.Nkala [at] wits.ac.za
| 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 continent towards evidence based policy formulation in this sector. The event will consist of a half an hour presentation on the findings of a 2007 supply side study of telecommunications sector performance across 16 African countries and a perception survey of the telecommunications regulatory environment, together with the interim findings of the 2008 nationally representative demand side survey of household and individual access and usage. There will then be opportunity for discussion of the policy and regulatory implications of the findings.
The roundtable discussion will take place on Sunday, 11 May, 11h30, at the Hilton Hotel 1113 Corniche El Nil, Cairo, Egypt.
For more information, contact RIA! Network Coordinator, Beki Nkala: Beki.Nkala [at] wits.ac.za
| 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 the ICT Policy Regulatory Roundtable on Sunday 11 May. The following three days of the workshop will focus on the research design development for the next phase of research, specifically the integration of supply side and demand side indicators into a single e-index and training seminars on policy and regulatory issues for the preparation of national country briefs. The last half day will be devoted to the IDRC Outcome Mapping in order to evaluate the previous phase of the project but also to determine objectives and monitor and assess progress towards them on the road ahead.
For more information, contact RIA! Network Coordinator, Beki Nkala: Beki.Nkala [at] wits.ac.za
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