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Profit re-investment: supporting young ICT4D researchers

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Seed offered three scholarship at the Annual Conference of the International Network for Postgraduate Students in the Area of ICT4D, held in Lugano from 11 to 13 September. Seed is very pround it was able to contribute to the academic growth of some very promising young researchers. Unfortunately one of the three winners could not attend the symposium due to visa problems. Luca met the two bursary winners and presented seed activities to around 30 young researchers in the field during the second day of the event.

Milburga Atcero, who presented an interesting research about the potential of ICT to boost tourism in Africa, wrote to the conference organizers:

Dear Mr Izak,
I take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to SEED ,my sponsorer to the recent IPID Symposium 2011 . May you kindly extend my appreciation to SEED through the Dean Professor Lorenzo. I would also like to express great appreciation on behalf of the three luck winners of SEED Award to the organising comittee of IPID Symposium 2011. ” No appreciation is enough for your great kindness”. Words are never enough to express my gratitude . On behalf of all lucky winners of the SEED Award,I would like to say, “Thank you for your fraternity and warmth during the two days Symposium. I will send a written report and a word of appreciation through my university authorities at an opportun time.

Best regards

Milburga

Also Taurai Chikotie from Cape Peninsula University of Technology stated his appreciation for the opportunity:

I am writing to extend my sincere gratitude for the bursary i a received from SEED to attend the IPID 2011 Symposium. This was a brilliant opportunity which awarded me the chance to participate amongst great young researchers from all over the world. I believe the positive contribution that i received and also shared with my colleagues will go a long way in shaping me as a young researcher.

I look forward to continuing contribution and support in the research for ICT4D to empower most of the undeserved communities.

Yours sincerely,

Taurai Chikotie

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SEED Bursaries at IPID2011

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I am glad to present the 3 students who won a full bursary sponsored by SEED to participate to IPID2011, which will be held in Lugano on 12-13 of September.

SEED is very proud of having the possibility to support 3 brillant post-grad students from Africa who are contributing to investigate on how digital technologies can contribute to socio-economic development.

 

Taurai Chikotie

Taurai T. Chikotie is a PhD student and upcoming researcher at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) with an interest in the field of ICT and Healthcare for Development. He holds a Masters in Information Technology Cumlaude from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and BSc (Hons) Information Science degree from the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe. He has worked for reputable institutions such as the British Council Zimbabwe and CPUT.

Paper @ IPID2011: E-Health Development in South Africa: An assessment on the impact of ICT and healthcare related initiatives in health service delivery

In developing countries like South Africa, the ICT and healthcare sectors are currently the prime growth sectors of the economy. The continued rise in inequalities especially in healthcare service delivery is still undermining the development of a healthy society. Several initiatives addressing inequalities in the access to health information within the healthcare service delivery sector have been implemented. However, all has not been well with most of these initiatives as they have failed to achieve their anticipated objectives. This has been attributed to the lack of monitoring and evaluation on the contribution of such initiatives to national development thus affecting policy formulation of e-health development plans. The study seeks to develop an e-Health Impact Assessment Framework (eHIAF) for a developing country context with the vision that it forms the basis structuring of a working e-Health Strategy.

 

Frank Makoza

Frank Makoza holds a Masters degree in Information Systems from University of Cape Town and is interested in studying for a PhD. Currently works as a part-time Teaching Assistant in the Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Town. Prior to that he had worked in Telecommunications, Retail and Higher Education sectors in Malawi, Germany and United Kingdom. His research interests are societal impact of ICT use in context of developing countries. He is now conducting a study on outcomes of national ICT policy implementation.

Paper @ IPID2011: Assessing outcomes of National ICT Policy implementation: Case of Malawi

Governments in developing countries are implementing national ICT policies to guide their national development agendas. There is empirical evidence to suggest that implementation of national ICT policies is problematic. Some of the challenges are lack of resources, capacity and leadership. The aim of this study is to understand the national ICT policy implementation process, success measures and outcomes and how they contribute to socio-economic development.

 

Milburga Atcero

Milburga Atcero is a Lecturer in French for Specific Purposes at Makerere University Business School. She has worked at the university for the last 6 years .She is the president of the association of teachers of French in Uganda, the Secretary General of the association of the African and Indian Ocean association of teachers of French. The Chairperson of the Advisory board of Alliance Française de Kampala. She is currently pursuing a sandwiched PhD in Sorbonne Paris 3. Her topic of the thesis is “le développement de l’expression orale en Français sur objectif spécifique en Ouganda.”.She has participated in numerous activities of pedagogical training of teachers of french in Uganda.

Paper @ IPID2011: The Impact of ICT on Tourism Development in Uganda

ICT has played an important role in the tourism industry in the development of modern tourism. Computerized reservation systems (CRS), developed and operated by airlines and hotels in order to cope with the increasing volume of passengers and the related logistic and operational problems. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)  have deeply affected the way business is performed and the way that organizations compete. Although the adoption of e-business will facilitate the evolution of traditional tourism systems and the integration of tourism enterprises into the digital economy, many tourism enterprises in developing countries have not yet been able to adopt ICTs, even though their application could offer competitive advantages (UNCTAD 2005). This situation therefore, motivates the Researchers to establish the extent of ICT adoption by the Tourism industry in Uganda and the way forward.

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SEED bursaries at IPID2011

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SEED is supporting young researchers from developing countries to join the Annual Conference of the International Network for Postgraduate Students in the Area of ICT4D (IPID), which this year will be held in Lugano from 12 to 13 of September. In line with previous IPID events, the conference is intended to be informal. The primary goals are:

  • To let postgraduate students present brief papers about their research in a supportive environment, where they can gain positive feedback from other participants;
  • To provide the opportunity to discuss key themes of interest to ICT4D postgraduates.

SEED has offered between 2 and 5 bursaries (depending on each individual case) for students from developing and least developed countries to attend the symposium. The requirements are that applicants be citizens of any of these countries, and registered in universities in any of these countries. Applicants are advised to consult the United Nations Human Development Report 2010 to check if their country qualifies (least, low, medium and high development nations qualify, but not very high development). IPID2011 Organizing Committee will be in charge of awarding the bursares.

Three kinds of bursaries are available:

  • Full bursary: covers flights, accommodation, and registration (which includes meals)
  • Partial bursary: may cover either accommodation and registration, or flights
  • Contributory bursary: covers registration (which includes meals)

To know more about the event an about how to ask for a scholarship check the website of the event or email to Mr. Izak van Zyl – vanzyli AT usi.ch

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