WOUGNET uses and applies ICTs to create opportunities for information sharing and the exchange of knowledge. While our emphasis is directed towards Internet-based technologies, we are also interested in how these technologies can be integrated with traditional means of information exchange and dissemination including telephones, radio, video, television and print media.
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As noted for the 2009 CTA Observatory, in recent years the ICT4D field has changed its focus profoundly mainly to the wide use of mobile phones. Africa has the highest growing rates of mobile subscribers, while other ACP (African-Caribean-Pacific) countries have witnessed similar developments. The ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), together with its partners, held the 2009 Observatory on ICTs on “mobile services” for agricultural and rural development. The seminar was held in Wageningen, The Netherlands from 2 to 4 November 2009 and attended by around 30 international experts.
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An annual event, this year’s Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) event was held from the 5th to the 8th October 2009 at the Maison Notre – Dame du Chant d’Oiseau in Brussels, Belgium. KM4Dev is a community of International Development practitioners who are interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing.
The meeting attracted over eighty people from across the world, right from Community Based organizations, telecentres managers and practitioners at community level to International organizations like FAO, IFAD, IRC, CABI among others. Some of the interesting highlights were the use of huddles, social reporting and social networking tools both before and during the meeting so as to be able involve other KM4Dev members who could not physically participate in this year’s event.
For more information log on to www.km4dev.org or follow on twitter.com/km4dev |
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According to Uganda Media Women’s Association over 40% of marriages in Uganda end up in separation. Most families/marriages in Uganda can be summed up as “UNHAPPY”. Polygamy, adultery, materialism, breakdown of the traditional values, adoption of the global culture and the general degeneration of our morals as a society are some of the factors that are contributing to the breakdown of the family institution in Uganda.
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Technology enhances information and communication. It has made Apac more accessible to the world in a situation where distance has been a challenge. People in Apac can now rely on Communication and Information Centres equipped with computers, telephones and the Internet, to carry out their day to day activities.
The Apac e-society was formulated as a joint effort between IICD, Hivos, local partners Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) and I-Network.
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A dog is needed urgently by women in Apac district. A dog that can go to the garden and farm, work to earn income to look after the family, cater for school fees and clothing for children, for medical care, and, in its excellent form probably help the women in doing household chores. Many women in Apac are willing to offer anything to get such a dog.
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* Information Sharing & Networking 
