Title :
Made in Africa: African digital creativity
Author :
Ronchi, Alfredo M.
Author_Institution :
EC MEDICI Framework of Cooperation, Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
The present paper accordingly with some studies carried out within the UNESCO IFAP programme introduces a synthetic overview on the impact due to recent ICT trends on society and due to the participation in a worldwide observatory on eContent & Services presents a selection of African success stories in the field of digital creativity. A number of African countries are competing every year to be awarded as producer of the best eContent & Services. International cooperation program are relevant as well in order to support emerging countries in economic and social development. Moreover a specific case study about running cooperation with a Sudanese university in ICT PhD programmes build up thanks to the international cooperation providing PhD supervisors and mentors. A detailed description of a cooperation project provides insight into potential cooperation models. The lesson learned from the active participation in IFAP, the worldwide observatory and the Sudanese ICT PhD programme.
Keywords :
Internet; international collaboration; mobile computing; socio-economic effects; African countries; African digital creativity; ICT PhD programmes; ICT trend; Internet; Sudanese ICT PhD programme; Sudanese university; UNESCO IFAP programme; cooperation models; cooperation project; e-Content; e-Services; economic development; emerging countries; international cooperation program; mobile computing; social development; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Internet; Observatories; Sociology; Statistics; Technological innovation; capacity building; cooperation initiatives; cultural identity; eContent; eCulture; eServices; innovation;
Conference_Titel :
IST-Africa Conference Proceedings, 2014
Conference_Location :
Le Meridien Ile Maurice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-905824-43-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880668
