Aims to suggest approaches that can be applied to close the digital divide between
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the rest of the world, including the provision of
information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, access to ICTs and
the development of appropriate content and information literacy skills. Identifies
some international initiatives to develop ICT infrastructure and proposes the
development of telecenters, techmobiles and technology resource centers, and the use
of the ‘old boy network' or ‘past students'
associations’, to provide access to digital technology. Identifies the
need to create Internet content in African languages, developing African language
keyboards and conduct needs assessments of local users. Makes proposals for training
teachers to teach information literacy skills, involving libraries in information
literacy skills development and instituting mass information literacy programs.
Concludes that implementing these approaches to closing the digital divide calls for
strategic interventions by governments.
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