Essays about: "ICT in developing countries"

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  1. 6. Perceived impacts of Cloud Computing adoption on the role of an IT department of a higher institution in a developing country.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Stephen Adebayo; [2019]
    Keywords : Cloud Computing; Adoption; Impacts; ICT department; Tertiary Education Institution; Qualitative Research; Semi-structured interviews.;

    Abstract : Cloud computing popularity has continued to be on the increase side, and it has been significant contributory factor to the of 24/7 365 days business culture of the digital 21st century where data and data centers are accessed via the internet through any connected device, anytime and from anywhere. Higher Education Institutions (HEI) or Tertiary Education Institution (TEI) are also among organisations, medium and large, that are tapping into this trend by gradually adopting this technology to reduce their high budgets in the prevailing face of financial shortage. READ MORE

  3. 7. Can Rwanda leapfrog to the digital economy with ICT enabled development? A case study of a developing country determined to modernize without the traditional model

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Kia Korpela; [2018]
    Keywords : ICT; services; structural transformation; developing country; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Proclaiming the successful way forward for Africa to modernize continues to puzzle economists and policy makers. Though the region has experienced the highest growth rates for the past decade, no large-scale structural transformation can be observed. READ MORE

  4. 8. Factors Influencing the Divergence and Convergence of ICTs within African Diaspora Entities in the United Kingdom

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Samah Ahmed; [2018]
    Keywords : Diaspora; African diaspora organisation; Transnationalism; Globalisation; ICT4D;

    Abstract : With the increase in International migration, migrants and diasporas contribution and engagement with their countries of origin has seen growing focus from academics, policymakers, governments and other stakeholders. This has been especially the case in the development sector where remittances form a sizeable percentage of some low-income country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). READ MORE

  5. 9. Could Information and Communication Technologies decrease gender inequality? - Cross-country evidence

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Monika Andersson; Magnus Friberg; [2017-07-03]
    Keywords : ICT; Gender inequality; Equality;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is rapidly changing the society and affecting several of the issues that the world is facing. One of them is the issue of gender inequality, which is especially predominant in the developing world. READ MORE

  6. 10. ETIP – A tip to help develop IT systems for rural Kenyan education. : Exploring the potential of ICT for informal, non-formal and formal learning in the slums of Nairobi.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan

    Author : Elin Svensson; [2017]
    Keywords : ICT4D;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the existing IT conditions of a Kenyan upper secondary school, with the purpose of identifying obstacles and opportunities that need to be considered in developing an IT solution. There has been previous research on IT learning in developing countries, like Jobe’s Do-It-Yourself Learning in Kenya: Exploring mobile technologies for merging non-formal and informal learning from 2014, or Marwan’s Empowering English through Project-Based Learning with ICT from 2015. READ MORE