Pub Date : 2014-05-07DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880656
Olalekan Samuel Ogunleye, J. Van Belle
The proliferation of mobile technologies and mobile phones has presented an opportunity for Government in the developing countries to utilize Mobile Information and Communication Technologies (M-ICT) to help facilitate daily administration and to provide better services to citizens, businesses, and government agencies through using mobile technology. This research reviews the success, failures and factors influencing m-Government development and implementation in developing countries. The characteristic challenges that developing countries face, which make m-Government implementation in developing countries fail to succeed are identified and integrated. The paper also presents results of literature review of case studies from both developed and developing countries and preliminary studies grounded in the South Africa m-Government reality. The key factors are identified, integrated and characterised under common broad categories. These results were given in a rich picture of m-Government implementation experience that helps to identify possible solutions. A descriptive framework for categorising key factors in m-Government implementation in developing countries illustrated with suggestions from the literature is proposed. The input variables are characterised into factors for success (drivers and enablers), and factors for failure (barriers and inhibitors). The output variables are categorized into organisational and technological benefits. Finally, an action plan for success is proposed. This action contains suggestions for increasing the impact of factors for success while reducing the impact of factors for failure.
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Pub Date : 2014-05-07DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880611
C. Louw, S. von Solms
In the past few years, the Online Social Network (OSN) industry has revolutionised the way in which information, often of a personal nature, is stored, shared and accessed by millions of online users. This has been used to the advantage of many individuals and even organisations, but it has also been abused by cyber criminals. We examine a few examples of how cyber criminals have adapted cyber crimes to survive on OSNs and also look at the possible motives of cyber criminals. After investigating some of the concerns that the Internet has introduced to the safety of online user information, we look at the possibility of harnessing the social nature of OSNs to combating cyber crimes through improved user awareness. We conclude by highlighting the fact that the sheer volume of users on OSNs combined with the right security awareness campaign could simplify the task of spreading security-related information - it can be as simple as making a status update from being “uninformed” to “informed”.
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Pub Date : 2014-05-07DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880641
E. Micheni, Julius Murumba
Initiatives for library digitization in Kenya are scattered all over with the university libraries, showing greatest progression. Despite the Government supporting the implementation of ICT related changes in universities, the pace in digitization of libraries still remains slow and pervasive. One of the reasons for the slow pace is attributed to challenges faced in managing the implementation of digital library projects. The objective of this paper is to explore the extent to which digital library projects are being undertaken in universities and to investigate the challenges faced in management of digitization projects. The study concludes that many university libraries are embracing Information Communication Technologies and digitizing their collections, and that implementation of the digital library projects are faced with managerial and technical challenges. This paper concludes that the planning and motivation of the digital projects can be integrated into the strategic goals of the university. Long range planning and phased implementation of such library projects is needed in order to cope with: the enormity of the automation projects; the high costs involved; and. the need for capacity building of key staff to effectively manage these digitization projects.
{"title":"An overview of digital library projects in Kenyan universities","authors":"E. Micheni, Julius Murumba","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880641","url":null,"abstract":"Initiatives for library digitization in Kenya are scattered all over with the university libraries, showing greatest progression. Despite the Government supporting the implementation of ICT related changes in universities, the pace in digitization of libraries still remains slow and pervasive. One of the reasons for the slow pace is attributed to challenges faced in managing the implementation of digital library projects. The objective of this paper is to explore the extent to which digital library projects are being undertaken in universities and to investigate the challenges faced in management of digitization projects. The study concludes that many university libraries are embracing Information Communication Technologies and digitizing their collections, and that implementation of the digital library projects are faced with managerial and technical challenges. This paper concludes that the planning and motivation of the digital projects can be integrated into the strategic goals of the university. Long range planning and phased implementation of such library projects is needed in order to cope with: the enormity of the automation projects; the high costs involved; and. the need for capacity building of key staff to effectively manage these digitization projects.","PeriodicalId":248893,"journal":{"name":"2014 IST-Africa Conference Proceedings","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131545228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-05-07DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880647
K. Charvát, M. Esbrí, W. Mayer, Antonio Campos, Raúl Palma, Z. Krivánek
The agriculture sector is a unique sector due to its strategic importance for both citizens (consumers) and economy (regional and global), which ideally should make the whole sector a network of interacting organizations. Rural areas are of particular importance with respect to the agro-food sector and should be specifically addressed within this scope. The FOODIE project aims at building an open and interoperable agricultural specialized platform hub on the cloud for the management of spatial and non-spatial data relevant for farming production; for discovery of spatial and non-spatial agriculture related data from heterogeneous sources; integration of existing and valuable European open datasets related to agriculture; data publication and data linking of external agriculture data sources contributed by different public and private stakeholders allowing to provide specific and high-value applications and services for the support in the planning and decision-making processes of different stakeholders groups related to the agricultural and environmental domains.
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Pub Date : 2014-05-07DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880622
A. Dourado, C. Teixeira, M. Le Van Quyen, B. Schelter, G. Favaro, Andreas Schulz-Bonhage, F. Sales
This paper outlines the results and challenges identified by the FP7 Epilepsiae project as a follow up to the initial paper presented at IST-Africa 2009. Four main outcomes are described: (i) the Epilepsy Database with long term acquired multichannel EEG data of 275 patients, (ii) the computational framework Epilab with a set of features and algorithms for seizure prediction, (iii) the real time transportable device Brainatic aimed to be used by refractory epileptic patients to warn impending seizures, (iv) the results of a large study for seizure prediction using data from 278 patients. The project achieved important steps forward but challenges still remain.
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Pub Date : 2014-05-07DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880646
Premysl Vohnout, O. Čerba, S. Kafka, J. Fryml, Z. Krivánek, S. Holy
The tourist industry needs an extensive information support to promote their activities. There are many existing information resources that have two main characteristics: focus on local initiatives and are very heterogeneous (using different data models, frequency of update etc). On the other hand users have their own requirements. They want to find interesting, attractive and credible information in a simple and fast way. The concept of SmartTouristData is developed as part of Smart Open Data and SDI4APPS interconnect a view of users and character of data sources. Our approach adds other components such as global and local open data sources and crowd-sourcing initiatives, social media (feedback from users) and the latest technologies and standards. The SmartTouristData provides benefits for two main groups. Users are able to find information in one place and to compare and evaluate information from more sources. They are appreciative of the simple and attractive interface for dealing with information. SmartTouristData also supports business subjects. An easy integration of project system to proprietary solutions, reusing and sharing of existing information resources and tools saves money and time, because it is not necessary to collect or buy data or develop new software. Moreover users are not forced to change or modify their ways of providing of information. SmartTouristData connects both main participants of the tourist industry by providing high-quality information, as satisfied and well-informed users will come back and recommend the destination.
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Pub Date : 2014-05-07DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880658
N. Jere, Ebenhezer Kauhonina, Attlee M. Gamundani
The spread of Living Labs across the world has been well documented in [10]. One possible reason for the popularity of Living Labs is the way in which they leverage ICT as a horizontal enabler. Both ICTs and Living Labs are at the centre of innovation in many societies. The continuous technological changes have promoted Living Labs development and countries have supported co-design and take up of Innovation by utilising the Living Lab concept. IST-Africahas organised workshops in different African countries to raise awareness of Living Lab concepts. Namibia is now exploring the best ways to leverage Living Lab concepts. With the developments that the Namibian government has made in ICT developments, this concept could assist in supporting more innovative solutions in Namibia. This paper is based on outputs from the IST-Africa Living Lab workshop held in Namibia in November 2013. The paper proposes a framework that could be used in Namibia to implement Living Labs.
Living Labs在世界范围内的传播已经在[10]中得到了很好的记录。Living Labs受欢迎的一个可能原因是他们利用ICT作为横向推动者的方式。信息通信技术和生活实验室都是许多社会创新的中心。不断的技术变革促进了生活实验室的发展，各国通过利用生活实验室的概念支持共同设计和创新。ist - africa在不同的非洲国家组织了讲习班，以提高人们对生活实验室概念的认识。纳米比亚现在正在探索利用生活实验室概念的最佳方式。随着纳米比亚政府在ICT发展方面取得的进展，这一概念可能有助于支持纳米比亚更多创新的解决方案。本文基于2013年11月在纳米比亚举行的IST-Africa Living Lab研讨会的产出。这篇论文提出了一个可以在纳米比亚实施Living Labs的框架。
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Pub Date : 2014-05-07DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880596
Tersia Vander Walt, Sebastian von Solms, De Wit A. Coetsee
This paper reflects the effort of the South African Government to improve service delivery through the implementation of corporate governance of Information and Communication Technology (CGICT), driven from the highest political leadership namely the President, through the implementation of a Management Performance Assessment System (MPAS) in the Office of the President and where the Executive Authorities (Ministers) are accountable to Cabinet on the performance of departments. It further deliberated on how the MPAS is utilised to elevate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to the same level than the other essential resources of government such as Human Resources and Finance and to raise the maturity of the implementation of CGICT in the Public Service. It will reflect on the improvement in the implementation of CGICT since 2012 by putting in place various mechanisms such as policies and assessment standards and through monitoring and evaluation.
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Pub Date : 2014-05-07DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880652
Gugu Khalala, I. Makitla, A. Botha, R. Alberts
For centuries, rural communities have relied on their indigenous knowledge for survival and sustenance. Indigenous Knowledge (IK) is understood as local knowledge, which is unique and traditional to a specific community. Due to the fact that IK plays an important role in the general well-being of a community, IK needs to be properly collected and protected. In view of this, the South African government undertook the development of a National Recordal System (NRS). However, User Experience (UX) in IKS has been largely ignored and as a result very little is understood of UX related challenges within the IKS field. This paper makes a case for the understanding of UX challenges confronting IK Recorders in rural communities in South Africa. Understanding UX challenges will improve on the overall quality of the captured IK and is important for the enhancement of the NRS processes, tools and the system that has been deployed.
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Pub Date : 2014-05-07DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880616
Ritin Koria, Frank L. Bartels, L. Andriano, S. Koeszegi
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the determinants of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Ghana National System of Innovation (GNSI) and the Kenya National System of Innovation (KNSI). Two regression analyses is performed on the level of innovativeness of Business Enterprises (BE) (Effectiveness) and of the strength of linkages between Research institutes (RI) and the Production System (Efficiency) with respect to an array of independent variables of the National System of Innovation (NSI). We find that the GNSI and the KNSI are conformed by actor linkages and ICT positively with respect to Ghana and negatively in the case of Kenya. Lack of Finance is a significant determinant in the GNSI whereas adequacy of Human Resources is a significant determinant for the KNSI. In both countries Level of Innovativeness of BEs and Strength of RI Linkages with the Production System are significant in the modeling.
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